Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 16:35:15 -0700 From: Michelle Brownsworth <michelle@primelogic.com> To: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, "Scott D. Yelich" <scott@scottyelich.com> Subject: Re: ThinkPad X20 keyboard mapping problems Message-ID: <a0500190fb793879559aa@[192.168.1.1]> In-Reply-To: <200108052312.f75NCfm12559@ptavv.es.net> References: <200108052312.f75NCfm12559@ptavv.es.net>
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Kevin Oberman writes:
> > Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 15:50:33 -0700
>> From: Michelle Brownsworth <michelle@eugene.net>
>> >
>> >sigh... in the time that it too you to exaplin how to fix the
>> >corruption that is going to happen from this style of coding,
>> >you could have presented a cut'n'paste-able code:
>> >
>> >#!/usr/bin/perl
>> >
>> >$cntrlo=pack("c",15);
>> >print "$cntrlo";
>> >
>> >Scott
>>
>> Kevin and Scott,
>>
>> Please excuse my obtuseness, but if the console is in the alternate
>> char set mode, how would one execute the Perl script that restores it
>> to normal? Perhaps I'm missing the point.
>
>You miss the point. It's not the key-map that's broken. It's the
>presentation of characters on the screen that is messed up. (Of
>course, it's still possible that I have simply mis-diagnosed the
>problem.)
>
>Create the file in a directory in the execution path, chmod the file
>to 755 and rehash. When the screen goes nuts, carefully type the name
>of the script. If you give the script an all upper-case name
>(e.g. FIX-FONT), the command should even echo back correctly.
>
>Of course, if you are running a program, you will need to suspend the
>program (CTRL-Z), run the fix, and continue the program (fg).
>
>R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
>Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
>Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
>E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
Makes sense. In that case, I guess I'm still confused about why you
wouldn't simply type a CTRL-O from the command line instead of
executing the script.
.\\ichelle
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Michelle Brownsworth
System Administrator
PrimeLogic Communications
http://www.primelogic.com
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