RE: Basic documentation
Hello Brian
> Another simple questions is how to change keyboard layout. I expect at
> least half of the users of Debian Live uses a different layout.....it
You need to append "locales=da_DK.UTF-8 keyboard-layouts=dk" to the cmdline to set locale and keyboard layout.
--bootappend-live if I remember correctly.
If live-config wasn't broken you will also be able to set it in one of the following config files:
/etc/live/config.conf /etc/live/config.conf.d/*.conf \
/lib/live/mount/medium/live/config.conf /lib/live/mount/medium/live/config.conf.d/*.conf \
/lib/live/mount/persistence/*/live/config.conf /lib/live/mount/persistence/*/live/config.conf.d/*.conf
Like:
LIVE_KEYBOARD_LAYOUT="dk"
LIVE_LOCALES="da_DK.UTF-8"
If you add the following patch to live-config I think it should be fixed through:
diff --git a/frontend/live-config b/frontend/live-config
index b197fca..5c88f7e 100755
--- a/frontend/live-config
+++ b/frontend/live-config
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ Main ()
do
[ "${LIVE_CONFIG_DEBUG}" = "true" ] && echo "[$(date +'%F %T')] live-config: ${_COMPONENT}"> /tmp/live-config.pipe
- ${_COMPONENT}> /tmp/live-config.pipe 2>&1
+ . ${_COMPONENT}> /tmp/live-config.pipe 2>&1
done
echo "."> /tmp/live-config.pipe
Regards Kristian
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> From: m40636067@gmail.com
> Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 14:37:30 +0200
> Subject: Basic documentation
> To: debian-live@lists.debian.org
>
> Dear debian-live team
>
> I can't find any documentation about Debian Live?
> E.g. what's the username and password?.....I did find it on Google
> after some time...but that should not be source of the most basic and
> vital information.
>
> Another simple questions is how to change keyboard layout. I expect at
> least half of the users of Debian Live uses a different layout.....it
> would be nice if it was more easy to change for all of us.
> I did found a way to change it on Google (but nothing I will be able to
> remember)....so now I need to keep a note together with my Live USB
> key!
> I never found a way to make it persistent.though.
> Can I edit a file in /lib/live/mount/medium?
> As the vast majority do use a writeable medium (USB flash) and not a
> read-only CD-ROM...it would be nice if it was more easy to change
> persistently.
>
> Another thing:
> I guess no one use CD-ROMs these days.....I haven't had a drive in my
> laptops for MANY years!
> Maybe it's time to stop aiming Debian Live to a CD-ROM media, and stop
> using it in titles, guide etc. At least not as the
> primary media/option....we moved to USB flash drives many years ago ;-)
> When I read the limited pages and documentation about Live, it's almost
> as USB flash keys are a brand new technology that most people haven't
> started using yet.
>
> Thanks.in advance.
>
> Brian
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