Newbee question - Keyboard UK
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Hi,
Where can i change my keyboard to a UK full version?
Thaks
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Hmmm, kbdcontrol? :-\
Steve
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I tried several but just can't get my | key working :-(
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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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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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Looking at the keyboard maps, uk.cp850.kbd contains the line:
086 '' '|' fs fs '' '|' fs fs OI.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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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? -
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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Hi Steve,
I had to put it indeed in the config.xml because i lost it after the updates.
