From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 7 18:02:09 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5880D16A401 for ; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 18:02:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pmatulis@sympatico.ca) Received: from bay0-omc3-s19.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc3-s19.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.219]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 435DF13C442 for ; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 18:02:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pmatulis@sympatico.ca) Received: from bayc1-pasmtp01.bayc1.hotmail.com ([65.54.191.161]) by bay0-omc3-s19.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Wed, 7 Feb 2007 10:02:09 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [70.53.155.213] X-Originating-Email: [pmatulis@sympatico.ca] Received: from tantra ([70.53.155.213]) by bayc1-pasmtp01.bayc1.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 7 Feb 2007 10:02:08 -0800 From: Peter To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 13:02:23 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <200702061729.09543.pmatulis@sympatico.ca> <20070207174852.GC7450@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <20070207174852.GC7450@kobe.laptop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200702071302.23401.pmatulis@sympatico.ca> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Feb 2007 18:02:08.0824 (UTC) FILETIME=[15910B80:01C74AE2] Cc: Giorgos Keramidas Subject: Re: toggle between english and french (how?) 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: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 18:02:09 -0000 Le Mercredi 7 F=E9vrier 2007 12:48, Giorgos Keramidas a =E9crit=A0: > On 2007-02-06 17:29, Peter wrote: > > I have a 6.2 box on which I intend to set up a web server > > (lighttpd) and a file server (samba). The kicker is that I will > > need to allow for French characters (?, ?, ?, etc). I had such an > > issue before but only managed to solve it at the X level (via > > xorg.conf). Now I need to solve it at the console level. > > > > The Handbook has a lot of ideas but it seems focused on a per user > > basis instead of on a system level basis. Then again, maybe I just > > don't understand what its trying to say. > > > > I would also need to toggle back and forth between English and > > French. > > Have a look at the keymaps for French in /usr/share/syscons/keymaps': > > $ ( cd /usr/share/syscons/keymaps; ls -l *fr* ) > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel - 9148 Feb 2 15:29 fr.dvorak.acc.kbd > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel - 7702 Feb 2 15:29 fr.dvorak.kbd > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel - 8613 Feb 2 15:29 fr.iso.acc.kbd > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel - 7659 Feb 2 15:29 fr.iso.kbd > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel - 8715 Feb 2 15:29 fr_CA.iso.acc.kbd > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel - 7825 Feb 2 15:29 > swissfrench.cp850.kbd -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel - 8577 Feb 2 15:29 > swissfrench.iso.acc.kbd -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel - 7766 Feb 2 > 15:29 swissfrench.iso.kbd $ Yes, I tried fr.iso.acc.kbd fr.iso.kbd fr_CA.iso.acc.kbd Maybe I need to inform FreeBSD about the layout of my keyboard. All I=20 get are beeps when I hit the special French accent keys. PM