Re: german keymap for old ibook
On Wed, 2001-11-21 at 08:01, Sebastian Klemke wrote:
> I'm using debian unstable on an old Apple iBook computer (it's an
> iBook tangerine from the first series of iBooks) and am looking for a
> working german keymap. I do not use X, I need a keymap for the
> console. Does anyone here have a clue of where to get this? All the
> ones I've found are either not working or have some keys missing,
> which are crucial to me, like ~, |, \ and so on. It'd be nice if the
> keymap was largely the same as Mac OS 9.2.1 has (although this
> keymapping is quite stupid, it has @ on Alt-l, and ~ is a deadkey
> produced with Alt-n and then space).
Try the 'Apple USB' variant, which is actually for all Apple keyboards.
> Another problem I'd also like to solve, is that the kernel does not
> regard the settings concerning the Fn-Key, which I think are stored in
> the nvram, as booting linux always also changes this setting in Mac
> OS.
Someone posted a small program for this here a while ago.
> Also, console-switching does not work using Command-Fx, even
> Command-Fn-Fx does not work, it only works with ADB raw keycodes, but
> the console-tools package says, I should not use ADB rawcodes.
Absolutely. With your keymap you must use (ctrl-)alt/option-(fn-)Fx,
with the 'Apple USB' variant it will be Command again.
> PS: Please don't Cc me on replies, I'm reading this list.
Alright, I'll make an exception for you because you are a member of CCC.
:)
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
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