On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 06:36:51AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am in the process of installing 4.10 FreeBSD and have got as far as the ' > basic ' insatllation and am now starting post-installation configuration. I > find, however, that I appear to have the wrong default keyboard configuration for > my Region [UK] and I was wondering if anybody can put me straight on how to > re-configure from the Command line. [ I have the ' Handbook ' and Lehey's ' > Complete FBSD ' but cannot seem to find the answer. > > Grateful for any advice.
For the console, add:
keymap="uk.iso"
to /etc/rc.conf -- that will make sure you get the correct keyboard
map after rebooting. You can set the keymap manually by:
# kbdcontrol < /dev/ttyv0 -l uk.iso
Look at /etc/defaults/rc.conf for many more examples of configuration
settings.
Nb. That covers just the console interface -- you need some separate
configuration to set the keymap correctly for X-windows. Edit your
/etc/X11/XF86Config or /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, changing the keyboard's
'InputDevice' section to something like the sollowing:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection
See also setxkbmap(1).
Cheers,
Matthew
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