Bug 43 and 47: keymap fix

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Mark Hymers 2001-08-06 11:00:11 +00:00
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<para><userinput>rm
/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/defkeymap.map.gz:</userinput> We
remove this file because we don't know which keymap you
need to use.</para>
<para><userinput>ln -s &lt;path-to-keymap&gt; defkeymap.map.gz</userinput>
With this command you set the default keymap that can be loaded using
the <userinput>loadkeys -d</userinput> command.</para>
need to use. As said above, we will be defining the default keymap in
chapter 7 when the system configuration files are created.</para>
</sect2>

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<userinput>make install &amp;&amp;</userinput>
<userinput>rm /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/defkeymap.map.gz</userinput></screen></para>
<para>Now we have to choose a default keymap. Explore the
/usr/share/kbd/keymaps directory, and find the keymap that you would like to use
as a default. Then execute this command:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>cd /usr/share/kbd/keymaps &amp;&amp;</userinput>
<userinput>ln -s &lt;path-to-keymap&gt; defkeymap.map.gz</userinput></screen></para>
<para>Replace <userinput>&lt;path-to-keymap&gt;</userinput> with the path to the
keymap you have selected, relative to the /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/ directory. For
example, if you have chosen the US keymap, you would replace it with
i386/qwerty/us.map.gz.</para>
<para>We will be defining our default keymap later on when we create the
system configuration files in chapter 7.</para>
</sect2>

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<sect1 id="ch07-loadkeys">
<title>Creating the loadkeys script</title>
<!--
<para>You only need to create this script if you don't have a
default 101 keys US keyboard layout. Create the
<filename>/etc/init.d/loadkeys</filename> script by running the
following command:</para>
default 101 keys US keyboard layout.
Because we've scrapped the symbolic link for the default, I assume
that everyone will need this script?
-->
<para>Create the <filename>/etc/init.d/loadkeys</filename> script by
running the following command:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>cat &gt; loadkeys &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
#!/bin/sh
@ -16,16 +22,44 @@ following command:</para>
source /etc/init.d/functions
#
# Include /etc/sysconfig/keyboard which contains the LAYOUT variable
#
source /etc/sysconfig/keyboard
#
# Load the default keymap file
#
echo -n "Loading keymap..."
/bin/loadkeys -d 2&gt;/dev/null
/bin/loadkeys $LAYOUT 2&gt;/dev/null
evaluate_retval
# End /etc/init.d/loadkeys
<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
<sect2>
<title>Creating the /etc/sysconfig/keyboard file</title>
<para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/sysconfig/keyboard</filename>
by running the following:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/sysconfig/keyboard &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput
>
# Begin /etc/sysconfig/keyboard
LAYOUT=&lt;path-to-keymap&gt;
# End /etc/sysconfig/keyboard
<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
<para>Replace <userinput>&lt;path-to-keymap&gt;</userinput> with the
path to the keymap you have selected. For example, if you have chosen the
US keymap, you would replace it with
<userinput>/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/us.map.gz.</userinput></para>
</sect2>
</sect1>