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    Newbee question - Keyboard UK

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    • N
      Nicklas last edited by

      Hi,

      Where can i change my keyboard to a UK full version?

      Thaks

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      • stephenw10
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by

        Hmmm, kbdcontrol?  :-\

        Steve

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        • N
          Nicklas last edited by

          I tried several but just can't get my | key working :-(

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          • stephenw10
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by

            I don't have a keyboard on my box so I haven't had that problem.
            '|' works fine via ssh.  ;)

            Steve

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            • Cry Havok
              Cry Havok last edited by

              From memory, it's <shift><~> to get '|' on a UK keyboard when the mapping is set to US. If it isn't that it's one of the nearby keys.</shift>

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              • stephenw10
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by

                Looking at the keyboard maps, uk.cp850.kbd contains the line:
                086   ''    '|'    fs     fs     ''    '|'    fs     fs      O

                I.e. | is shift+\ which seems correct.

                Steve

                Edit: As do all the uk keyboard maps so perhaps it's not changing map correctly.

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                • N
                  Nicklas last edited by

                  Steve, thanks a lot, I did as follow in the shell:  kbdcontrol -l uk.cp850.kbd and it works!!!   Yippie

                  Will it remember this after a reboot?  No :-((  how to get this done, sorry to be such a newbee! looking in the man, sorry will try first myself…

                  hmmmm, You may set variables in /etc/rc.conf or /etc/rc.conf.local in order to configure the keyboard at boot time.
                  But none of these files are there, before i mess up everything is it safe to create a /etc/rc.conf and add the keymap in it?
                  Or better do a new clean install and figure out what keyboard driver to choose from install point?

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                  • stephenw10
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by

                    Clean install would be safest.
                    You can use shellcmd in your config.xml file in the system section.
                    E.g.
                    <shellcmd>kbdcontrol -l uk.cp850.kbd</shellcmd>

                    You may have to include the complete path to kbdcontrol. At least this will get carried across an upgrade.

                    Steve

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                    • N
                      Nicklas last edited by

                      Hi Steve,

                      I had to put it indeed in the config.xml because i lost it after the updates.

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