Bug#243175: #243175: bootkbd=fr does not work
On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 09:17:08AM +0100, Alastair McKinstry wrote:
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> >Hmmm, that's too bad as typing bootkbd=fr-latin1 on a french keyboard
> >which temporarily uses a US QWERTY layout is a real nightmare...
> >
> >You have to type bootkbd=fr)lztin& for really getting
> >"bootkbd=fr-latin1"
> >
> >Having a kind of alias would definitely be a great improvement because
> >"bootkbd=fr" can be entered natively as such on a french keyboard (the
> >key locations for these characters are the same).
> >
> >Of course bootkbd=fr would then give fr-latin1 as keyboard layout...
> >
>
> Hmm, Symlinks would work easily here, and be cheap.
> (ie fr.kmap -> fr-latin1.kmap. Once console-data was installed,
> the fr.kmap would be available ...
> The slight disadvantage would be that key behaviour would
> change slightly on 2nd stage install; but its not that big
> a problem (ie you used fr-latin1 in d-i, but fr on 2nd stage
> and installed machine) but its not that big a problem.
Christian requested fr being an alias for fr-latin1 on boot prompt,
ie. bootkbd=fr ==> fr-latin1.kmap.
This is a little bit more expensive, but does not suffer from the
disadvantage you mention.
Denis
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