User Feedback :: keyboard switches @ and "

Hi All ,

Very important messag : I use a HD DSL system.
But when you will remaster the DSL CD than is this also a possible solution

I was searching a easy (!!!) solution to start DSL with the good keyboard layout.

So i found the following solution :

- locate the file us.kmap.gz (the standard US keyboard layout)
- locate the file azerty.kmap.gz (The keyboard layout that i need ) You must locate youre KMAP .

An other posting learned me to do a CP (copy)

So do
cp /usr/share/keymaps/i386/azerty/azerty.kmap.gz mapname.kmap.gz" /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/us.kmap.gz

Reboot you're computer

I'm not a Linux Guru so if i'm wrong let me know

Regards ,
Guido

P.S. A good reason to let the world know you're solutions is that if you forgot them, you can find it on the forum

Quote (davmac @ Jan. 11 2004,13:13)

Quit X (ctrl-alt-backspace)
type "loadmaps uk.kmap.gz"
type "startx"

Actually, it's:
exit X

Code Sample

$ sudo loadkeys uk

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$ startx

Quote (davmac @ Jan. 11 2004,13:13)

Hi,

Quit X (ctrl-alt-backspace)
type "loadmaps uk.kmap.gz"
type "startx"

...and that did it for me.

HTH,

Dave MacLeod

Hi everyone

I've got the same problem w/ a French keyboard. The shift key is not working so I can't get the important " @" sign.

Browsing throughout the forum, I've tried 2 suggested things

1- the one here recommended: "loadmaps fr.kmap.gz". The answer was "loadmaps command not found" Prof gave the answer to this

2- Then I went to: /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig
I've tried to change language="us" into "fr" BUT it did not operate, I couldn't make the modification because the file is READ ONLY , even though I opened it w/ a ROOT Console. How can I go through this???

Whoever could bring me assistance would help me to love this lite linux package.

Thx in advance and Happy New Year

"loadkeys fr" worked great for AZERTY

BUT

NO letter w/ special sign works???

Any idea to solve that??

Have a nice day

loadkeys command can be placed in /opt/bootlocal.sh to make it load at bootup everytime.

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