Re: keymaps

[Frank Murphy <murphyf+deb-ppc@f-m.fm>]

Most of these files should already be in /usr/share/keymaps/i386 as part of 
the console-data package. It's odd that they're in i386, but it's because the 
ppc kernel is now using the "default" linux keycodes (and we all know that 
"default linux" = i386 :)

The mac-usb-qwertz-layout is identical to qwertz-layout. (It's just the 
alphabet keys, after all.)

It and mac-linux-keys-bare.inc are in /usr/share/keymaps/i386/include (and 
they're gz compressed).

mac-usb-euro.kmap is in /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty, but it should be 
deleted. Use /usr/share/keymaps/i386/include/euro.inc.gz instead. There's 
lots of these problems with the mac-usb-* keymaps.

Then again, there's /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwertz/fr_CH-latin1.kmap.gz, which 
should be the same as for Swiss German (and Swiss Italian, too, I think.) 
These should probably all be symbolic links to each other. The French here in 
Switzerland type french with a German keyboard.

Let me know if any of these work for you. I am interested in fixing these 
keymaps over time. Especially check that you can switch from the Linux 
console to X by using <ctrl>-<option>-<F7> and <ctrl>-<option>-<F1> as that 
was a problem for Woody and US keymaps.

Also, these fixes are only in the console, not in X.

Frank

On Thursday 10 April 2003 3:04, Zeno Davatz wrote:
> Benjamin Swatek wrote:
> >Hi,
> >I'm still trying to get my keyboard working, can someone mail me please
> >the following files or point me out where to download them:
> >
> >mac-usb-qwertz-layout
> >mac-linux-keys-bare.inc
> >mac-usb-euro.kmap
> >
> >or point me out in dummy style how to get the keyboard of my TiBook
> >working in german layout.
> >all i found so far on the web didn't work out, don't know if I'm just
> >too stupid or what ever.
>
> Well yes, this is indeed a very interesting question: I was (and still
> am) looking for a the Swiss-German Keyboard for about two days for my
> Tibook but did not find anything so far. At the moment I am using the
> qwertz with PC-Layout, so I get the | @ ~ etc. signs.
>
> Have you tried 'kbdconfig' as root. That helped me.
>
> Let me know what you hear.
>
> Thx.
>
> Zeno