From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 28 18:23:57 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 C12F7106567C for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:23:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7564C8FC12 for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:23:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LyryC-0006Ad-E1; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:23:52 +0100 Received: from melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with ESMTP id n3SINpU3015279; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:23:51 +0100 Received: by melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 7462AFCA699; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:23:46 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:23:46 +0100 From: Frank Shute To: PJ Message-ID: <20090428182346.GA23945@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: PJ , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <49F6DDAC.60800@videotron.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <49F6DDAC.60800@videotron.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE-p2 i386 X-Organisation: 'http://www.shute.org.uk/' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.1.7 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:23:52 +0100 (BST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: French-Canadian Keyboard & keyboard switching X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:23:58 -0000 On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 06:42:52AM -0400, PJ wrote: > > I am rather surprised and disappointed that no one has any ideas about > using and/or installing a French-Canadian keyboard on FreeBSD. That is a > terrible bug in FreeBSD and a worse slur on the Québecois (or > Quebeckers) or are we being neglected and still considered "The White > Niggers of America"? ;-) > Anyway, everything I have tried does not work on FreeBSD or on xorg. > Cannot set it up or switch. > Somebody, please help. > Have you tried: Option "XkbLayout" "ca(fr)" in your keyboard/inputdevice section of xorg.conf? For the console you want to have a look at kbdmap(1) and the list of maps. Looks like you want: keymap="fr_CA.iso.acc" in /etc/rc.conf Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html