Changeset b32e803 for chapter06/kbd.xml

Timestamp:

05/06/2004 04:22:04 PM (20 years ago)

Author:

Zack Winkles <winkie@…>

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Message:

Committed Alexander's i18n patch

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3489 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

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• chapter06/kbd.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

chapter06/kbd.xml

@@ -37 +37 @@
 </sect2>
 
-<sect2 id="conf-kbd"><title>Configuring your keyboard</title>
-<indexterm zone="conf-kbd">
-<primary sortas="a-Kbd">Kbd</primary>
-<secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm>
-
-<para>Few things are more annoying than using Linux while a wrong keymap
-for your keyboard is loaded. If you have a standard US keyboard, however, you
-can skip this section, as the US keymap is the default as long as you don't
-change it.</para>
-
-<para>To change the default keymap, create the
-<filename class="symlink">/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/defkeymap.map.gz</filename>
-symlink by running the following command:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>ln -s path/to/keymap /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/defkeymap.map.gz</userinput></screen>
-
-<para>Of course, replace <filename>path/to/keymap</filename> with the path and
-name of your keyboard's map file. For example, if you have a Dutch keyboard,
-you would use <filename>/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/nl.map.gz</filename>.</para>
-
-<para>Another way to set your keyboard's layout is to compile the keymap
-into the kernel. This ensures that your keyboard will always work as expected,
-even when you boot into maintenance mode (by passing `init=/bin/sh' to the
-kernel), as then the bootscript that normally sets up your keymap isn't run.</para>
-
-<para>When in <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/> you're ready to compile the
-kernel, run the following command to patch the current default keymap into the
-source (you will have to repeat this command whenever you unpack a new
-kernel):</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>loadkeys -m /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/defkeymap.map.gz &gt; \
-    /usr/src/linux-&linux-version;/drivers/char/defkeymap.c</userinput></screen>
-
-</sect2>
-
+<!-- The "Configuring your keyboard" section has been moved to
+Chapter 7 and renamed to "Configuring Linux console" -->
 
 <sect2 id="contents-kbd"><title>Contents of Kbd</title>
@@ -164 +131 @@
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_start"><primary sortas="b-unicode_start">unicode_start</primary></indexterm>
 <para id="unicode_start"><command>unicode_start</command> puts the keyboard and console in
-unicode mode.</para>
+UNICODE mode. Never use it on LFS, because applications are not
+configured to support UNICODE.</para>
 
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_stop"><primary sortas="b-unicode_stop">unicode_stop</primary></indexterm>
 <para id="unicode_stop"><command>unicode_stop</command> reverts keyboard and console from
-unicode mode.</para>
+UNICODE mode.</para>
 
 </sect2>