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Re: Problem with Keyboard



On 22 Aug 2001 thorsten_nicklaus@web.de wrote:

> today I upgrade my woody powerpc. It is an ibook with german
> keyboard. It's my own fault but I don't want a new install.
> After a reboot my keyboard ist wrong. Backspace is 2 and so on. The
> install srcipt give me the following info and I try it at yaboot prompt.

> debian video=ofonly root=/dev/hda13 KEYBOARD_SENDS_LINUX_KEYCODES=1
>
> but nothing happen's. What ist wrong???

You don't pass that as an option to the kernel, you have to add a line
like the following:

dev.mac_hid.keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes=1

to your /etc/sysctl.conf. You may have to boot with the 'init=/bin/bash'
flag so that the keymaps aren't changed (after which, you'll have to
manually mount all your filesystems, or at least / and /usr).

Derrik Pates      |   Sysadmin, Douglas School   |    #linuxOS on EFnet
dpates@dsdk12.net |     District (dsdk12.net)    |    #linuxOS on OPN



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