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Subject: Re: FreeBSD and a non US Keyboard.
To: joe@gaia.gol.com (Joe Kelly)
Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 12:40:47 +0200 (MET DST)
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In-Reply-To: <joe-9604231044.AA0017164@gaia.gol.com> from "Joe Kelly" at May 23, 96 07:44:47 pm
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In reply to Joe Kelly who wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I posted this to question yesterday and it may have been thre wrong place
> to do it. So can anyone tell me how to get the keyboard on my Japanese
> laptop to stop thinking its a US model. What should I change in my
> termcap. All ideas appreciated.

You should use kdbcontrol to load a new keymap,  see man kbdcontrol...


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