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Subject: Re: reload rc.conf without rebooting
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Chuck Swiger wrote:
> Ben Munat wrote:
>> Thanks.... yeah, I figured that. However, in this case I had simply 
>> added "keymap="us.iso"" to the rc.conf. So, I had to stop all my 
>> daemons just to change my keymap.
> 
> 
> Of course you didn't.  Why not run:
> 
>   kbdctl -l /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/us.iso.kbd
> 
> ...or run "kbdmap" directly?
> 

Ahah... I thought that seemed awfully harsh to have to go to single-user mode just to 
change keymap... must have misunderstood the poster who told me that. Will take a look at 
kbdmap... driving me crazy not to have my delete key...

b

PS: what keymap should I use anyway? (logitech PC keyboard... US English...)