Author: jim
Date: 2006-07-24 01:46:47 -0600 (Mon, 24 Jul 2006)
New Revision: 2144
Modified:
/
trunk/BOOK/boot/x86/kernel.xml
trunk/BOOK/bootable/x86/kernel.xml
trunk/BOOK/introduction/common/changelog.xml
Log:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (orig r2265): [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 2006-07-24 00:12:50 -0700
Updated commands for building keymap into the kernel
Property changes on:
___________________________________________________________________
Name: svk:merge
- b6734a72-470d-0410-b049-f317dca95413:/:2264
+ b6734a72-470d-0410-b049-f317dca95413:/:2265
Modified: trunk/BOOK/boot/x86/kernel.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/boot/x86/kernel.xml 2006-07-24 07:46:37 UTC (rev 2143)
+++ trunk/BOOK/boot/x86/kernel.xml 2006-07-24 07:46:47 UTC (rev 2144)
@@ -48,13 +48,14 @@
href="../../bootable/x86/kernel.xml"
xpointer="xpointer(//[EMAIL PROTECTED]'d'])"/>
- <para os="ab">If your keyboard isn't an US one, you may want to build
- the proper keymap for your keyboard layout inside the kernel. Do it by
- running the following command:</para>
+ <para os="ab">If your keyboard isn't a US one and you have Kbd installed
+ on your host system, you can build the proper keymap for your keyboard
+ layout inside the kernel. If you wish to do this, run the following
+ command (replace [path to keymap] with the keymap location on the host -
+ a common location is in /usr/share/kbd):</para>
- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude";
- href="../../bootable/x86/kernel.xml"
- xpointer="xpointer(//[EMAIL PROTECTED]'f'])"/>
+<screen os="f"><userinput>loadkeys -m <replaceable>[path to
keymap]</replaceable> > \
+ drivers/char/defkeymap.c</userinput></screen>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude";
href="../../bootable/x86/kernel.xml"
Modified: trunk/BOOK/bootable/x86/kernel.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/bootable/x86/kernel.xml 2006-07-24 07:46:37 UTC (rev 2143)
+++ trunk/BOOK/bootable/x86/kernel.xml 2006-07-24 07:46:47 UTC (rev 2144)
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@
decided to compile the keymap into the kernel, issue the command
below:</para>
-<screen os="f"><userinput>loadkeys -m
/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/<replaceable>[path to keymap]</replaceable> > \
+<screen os="f"><userinput>loadkeys -m /lib/kbd/keymaps/<replaceable>[path to
keymap]</replaceable> > \
drivers/char/defkeymap.c</userinput></screen>
<para os="g">For example, if using a Dutch keyboard, use
- <filename>/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/nl.map.gz</filename>.</para>
+ <filename>/lib/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/nl.map.gz</filename>.</para>
<para os="h">Configure the kernel via a menu-driven interface.
Please note that the udev bootscript requires "rtc" and "tmpfs" to be
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/common/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/common/changelog.xml 2006-07-24 07:46:37 UTC
(rev 2143)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/common/changelog.xml 2006-07-24 07:46:47 UTC
(rev 2144)
@@ -37,6 +37,19 @@
-->
<listitem>
+ <para>July 24, 2006</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[Chris] - Updated commands for building the keymap into the
+ kernel - changed the bootable/kernel page to account for the new
+ keymap files location, and changed the instructions in the "boot"
+ section to reflect that fact that we don't know where the keymap
+ files may be on the host (fixes ticket #56).</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
<para>July 20, 2006</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
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