From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 1 10:54:28 2009 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 17F8F106566B for ; Mon, 1 Jun 2009 10:54:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C38048FC0A for ; Mon, 1 Jun 2009 10:54:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-255-48-78.bredband.comhem.se ([83.255.48.78]:49185 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MB58i-0000pr-8E for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:53:14 +0200 Received: (qmail 13178 invoked from network); 1 Jun 2009 12:53:10 +0200 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 1 Jun 2009 12:53:10 +0200 Received: (qmail 13723 invoked by uid 1001); 1 Jun 2009 12:53:10 +0200 Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 12:53:10 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson To: Graham Bentley Message-ID: <20090601105310.GA13688@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <20090530160540.E9D361065762@hub.freebsd.org> <0690E2A8B16B4C0C8D9A734F1FF0A232@main> <20090531234629.GA60723@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) X-Originating-IP: 83.255.48.78 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1MB58i-0000pr-8E. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1MB58i-0000pr-8E f2fe6a88313a53ac5c0abfae0c3b3a43 Cc: Frank Shute , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UK Currency Symbol in 7.2 Console 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: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:54:28 -0000 On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 08:28:51AM +0100, Graham Bentley wrote: > > keymap="uk.cp850" > Same here! > > > For reporting bugs: send-pr(1). > > This isn't a bug though, as my UK keyboard works fine on 7.2-RC2 > > Lets see thats 1 out 3 of us so far that this doesnt work for > - so ... thats not a bug? > > > Your problem can probably be fixed by: > > # vidcontrol -f 8x16 /usr/share/syscons/fonts/cp850-8x16.fnt > > # kbdcontrol -l /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/uk.cp850.kbd > > Thanks for the reply Frank, but sadly the above makes no > difference at all - I still get a beep, not a pound sign :( >From within which program? It is quite possible that is the program you are using which refuses to accept characters outside standard ASCII. You probably have to set the LC_CTYPE or LC_ALL environment variable to something suitable to make programs accept such characters. (I know it makes a difference for some shells at least.) Using the correct *.fnt or *.kbd files just tell the system which key should generate a character and what it should look like if displayed, not which characters are to be considered printable or not. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se