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@@ -16,5 +16,21 @@ example, if you have a Dutch keyboard, you would run:</para>
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<para><screen><userinput>ln -s i386/qwerty/nl.map.gz defkeymap.map.gz</userinput></screen></para>
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+<para>An second option to configure your keyboard's layout is to compile
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+the keymap directly into the kernel. This will make sure that your
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+keyboard always works as expected, even when you have booted into
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+maintenance mode (by passing `init=/bin/sh' to the kernel) in which case
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+the bootscript that normally sets up your keymap isn't run.</para>
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+
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+<para>If you didn't create the defkeymap.map.gz file and going with the
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+default US keymap, then again you don't have to do anything. The kernel
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+compiles a suitable keymap by default that'll work just fine for
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+you, so skip the next command.</para>
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+<para>Run the following commands to accomplish that:</para>
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+<para><screen><userinput>loadkeys -m /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/defkeymap.map.gz > \
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+ /usr/src/linux/drivers/char/defkeymap.c</userinput></screen></para>
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</sect2>
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Gerard Beekmans