detecting keyboard layout during boot

2013-05-15 Thread Matthias Apitz
Hello, I have in /etc/rc.conf a line keymap=german.iso to set the keyboard to German; as the system in question is on an USB key for boot and sometimes used in other laptops with QWERTY layout, I would like to have it adapt itself to the actual layout without changing anything before booting

Re: detecting keyboard layout during boot

2013-05-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2013-05-15 at 09:35 +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: is there some way to detect the actual keyboard layout automagically? I suspect it's impossible to request what keyboard is used, since some Linux installers ask the user to type some keys, after that auto-detection does work. Perhaps you

Re: detecting keyboard layout during boot

2013-05-15 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 15 May 2013 09:35:54 +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: Hello, I have in /etc/rc.conf a line keymap=german.iso to set the keyboard to German; as the system in question is on an USB key for boot and sometimes used in other laptops with QWERTY layout, I would like to have it adapt

Re: detecting keyboard layout during boot

2013-05-15 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Wednesday, May 15, 2013 a las 03:27:24PM +0200, Polytropon escribió: On Wed, 15 May 2013 09:35:54 +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: Hello, I have in /etc/rc.conf a line keymap=german.iso to set the keyboard to German; as the system in question is on an USB key for boot

Re: detecting keyboard layout during boot

2013-05-15 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 15 May 2013 15:53:08 +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: Hello, Here on an laptop/netbook EeePC 900 with English keyboard it says: # dmesg | fgrep kbd kbd1 at kbdmux0 atkbdc0: Keyboard controller (i8042) port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0 atkbd0: AT Keyboard irq 1 on atkbdc0 kbd0 at atkbd0

Re: detecting keyboard layout during boot

2013-05-15 Thread Signore Citizen
On Wed, May 15, 2013, at 07:45 AM, Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 15:53:08 +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: Hello, Here on an laptop/netbook EeePC 900 with English keyboard it says: # dmesg | fgrep kbd kbd1 at kbdmux0 atkbdc0: Keyboard controller (i8042) port 0x60,0x64 irq 1