Changeset 9c713f35 for chapter06/config-keyboard.xml
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chapter06/config-keyboard.xml
r20c9af0 r9c713f35 1 1 <sect2><title>Configuring your keyboard</title> 2 2 3 <para>Nothing is more annoying than using Linux with a wrong keymap loaded 4 for your keyboard. If you have a default US keyboard, you can skip this 5 section. The US keymap file is the default if you don't change it.</para> 3 <para>Few things are more annoying than using Linux while a wrong keymap 4 for your keyboard is loaded. If you have a standard US keyboard, however, you 5 can skip this section, as the US keymap is the default as long as you don't 6 change it.</para> 6 7 7 <para>To set the default keymap file, create the8 <para>To change the default keymap, create the 8 9 <filename class="symlink">/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/defkeymap.map.gz</filename> 9 symlink by running the following command s:</para>10 symlink by running the following command:</para> 10 11 11 <para><screen><userinput>ln -s <path/to/keymap>/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/defkeymap.map.gz</userinput></screen></para>12 <para><screen><userinput>ln -s path/to/keymap /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/defkeymap.map.gz</userinput></screen></para> 12 13 13 <para>Replace <path/to/keymap> with the your keyboard's map file. For 14 example, if you have a Dutch keyboard, you would run:</para> 14 <para>Of course, replace <filename>path/to/keymap</filename> with the path and 15 name of your keyboard's map file. For example, if you have a Dutch keyboard, 16 you would use <filename>i386/qwerty/nl.map.gz</filename>.</para> 15 17 16 <para><screen><userinput>ln -s i386/qwerty/nl.map.gz /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/defkeymap.map.gz</userinput></screen></para> 18 <para>Another way to set your keyboard's layout is to compile the keymap 19 into the kernel. This ensures that your keyboard will always work as expected, 20 even when you boot into maintenance mode (by passing `init=/bin/sh' to the 21 kernel), as then the bootscript that normally sets up your keymap isn't run.</para> 17 22 18 <para>A second option to configure your keyboard's layout is to compile 19 the keymap directly into the kernel. This will make sure that your 20 keyboard always works as expected, even when you have booted into 21 maintenance mode (by passing `init=/bin/sh' to the kernel), in which case 22 the bootscript that normally sets up your keymap isn't run.</para> 23 24 <para>Run the following command to patch the correct keymap into the 23 <para>Run the following command to patch the current default keymap into the 25 24 kernel source. You will have to repeat this command whenever you unpack a 26 25 new kernel:</para>
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