Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 18:32:46 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: David Larkin <David.Larkin@djl.co.uk> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KEYBOARD mapping Message-ID: <20000511183246.A878@parish> In-Reply-To: <3919C285.5A4E9BAF@DJL.co.uk>; from David.Larkin@djl.co.uk on Wed, May 10, 2000 at 09:11:50PM %2B0100 References: <3919C285.5A4E9BAF@DJL.co.uk>
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On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 09:11:50PM +0100, David Larkin wrote:
> Hi ,
>
> You may have followed my ealier tales of woe concerning
>
> - panic : vinvalbuf: dirty bufs
>
> - mounting old filesystem
>
> I'm still trying to work out how to fix them but meanwhile
>
> I have a new problem.
>
> I re installed 3.4
>
> Now I find my keyboard mapping is all wrong and I can't
>
> find characters such as # | \ , at least not where I'd expect them ;-)
>
Sounds like you've probably got a US keymap (you know, the one with
the keys in the wrong place ;)) installed. Add
keymap="uk.cp850"
to /etc/rc.conf. If you want to swap the Left-Ctrl and CapsLock keys
then swap the entries for 029 and 058 in
/usr/share/syscons/keymaps/uk.cp850.kbd
HTH
> I've given up working at the console, and I'm ssh-ing from another machine for now.
>
> I remember selecting my keyboard during the installation
>
> I obviously got this wrong.
>
> How do I change it retrspectively ?
>
> Dave
>
>
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