lfs-book/chapter06/kbd-exp.xml

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<title>Command explanations</title>

<para>
<userinput>--datadir=/usr/share/kbd:</userinput> This puts the kbd data files
(fonts, keymaps, and such) in the /usr/share/kbd directory, as the FHS 
suggests.
</para>

<para>
<userinput>rm
/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/defkeymap.map.gz:</userinput> We
remove this file because we don't know which keymap you need to use.
</para>

<para>
<userinput>ln -s &lt;path-to-keymap&gt; defkeymap.map.gz</userinput>
With this command you set the default keymap that can be loaded using
the <userinput>loadkeys -d</userinput> command.
</para>

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