Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:06:33 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: thierry@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reducing the need to compile a custom kernel Message-ID: <20120212120633.0000302d@unknown> In-Reply-To: <4f379cde.l6lDd9rduQzDU/xx%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <20120210145604.Horde.ewjpSpjmRSRPNSH0YRHxgAk@webmail.leidinger.net> <20120211124041.GF32360@graf.pompo.net> <20120211183308.00007579@unknown> <4f379cde.l6lDd9rduQzDU/xx%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:05:02 -0800 perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> wrote: > > On Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:40:41 +0100 Thierry Thomas > > <thierry@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > > is there another place to put options to atkbd and sc, like > > > these ones: > > > > > > options ATKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP # specify the built-in > > > keymap makeoptions ATKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP=fr.iso.acc > > > ... > > > > No, there is no other way to add the keymap to the kernel directly > > (if you want to have it working correctly in single-user mode) > > instead of loading it with rc.conf. > > Might it be feasible to make it into a sysctl, so it could be set in > loader.conf? There is already a way to configure this as soon as you have a working userland. What this setting is doing is to replace the compiled-in default keymap with a different one, so that you have the one which matches your keyboard even when you enter the very first keystrokes in single-user mode (root-pw, path to shell, ...). Bye, Alexander. -- http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137
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