From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 24 17:30:36 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEC6C1065672; Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:30:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd8@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mail-03.name-services.com (mail-03.name-services.com [69.64.155.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C22E98FC23; Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:30:36 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; q=dns/txt; s=DKIM-NAME-SERVICES; d=a1poweruser.com; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:X-Sender:X-Envelope-From; l=500; bh=wxdoXaHhlXCPpZ61yaN+Vc7zBYl6RL4VWrkmxqWhuVM=; b=fDoWWunXYmiCd8lJ5DCGTIrPSxQijwGcdFHnVxxEEISmWkFSMGj3Hdn652Q8yndplY0VqqeDBaA4PyW2c/5Sk2kLnOxgeZ9oDGla2RfI/uo/Nuu6Vg67tWsLwx49ixboIO7waxYeVFMcPPBhpU5fFPC7nqb36jytO+6wR3PA4As= Received: from [192.168.1.64] ([76.240.47.196]) by mail-03.name-services.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Sat, 24 Sep 2011 10:30:37 -0700 Message-ID: <4E7E13BA.1070304@a1poweruser.com> Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 13:30:34 -0400 From: Fbsd8 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gavin Atkinson References: <4E71F647.2050007@a1poweruser.com> <4E7453CB.1040908@freebsd.org> <4E74C9B7.2090901@a1poweruser.com> <1316799904.39972.12.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <1316799904.39972.12.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Sep 2011 17:30:37.0115 (UTC) FILETIME=[AC22A8B0:01CC7ADF] X-Sender: fbsd8@a1poweruser.com X-Envelope-From: fbsd8*a1poweruser.com Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: 9.0 bata2 & keymap X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:30:37 -0000 Gavin Atkinson wrote: > On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 12:24 -0400, Fbsd8 wrote: > >> Changing the cancel button in the kbdmap command to skip, does not >> address the problem, which is the lack of knowledge of the standard >> bsdinstall user. I've been using Freebsd since 4.0 and never used the >> kbdmap command or for that matter even knew it existed. > > Interesting. Sysinstall has asked for country information and then > asked you to choose a keymap (using kbdmap) if you selected a > non-default country as the first two questions (i.e. before you get the > sysinstall menu) since 6.1. Would that be a good solution still? > > Some of the other points brought up later about wanting to switch > between two different keymaps seem sensible too, though I don't > initially see how that would be possible. > > Gavin > In sysinstall you are presented with a dailog that asks you if you want to change the keyboard map and if answered yes them issues the kbdmap command. In bsdinstall you have no option to bypass the keymap step. It just issues the kbdmap command. I agree that some method to bypass the keymap step in bsdinstall needs to be added or an dialog informing the user that selecting the cancel button in kbdmap will result in the default map used in previous releases to be used.