Re: text consoles 8-12 and german umlauts
Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es> writes:
> On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 07:53:06 +0200, Robert Epprecht wrote:
>> I have activated more text consoles by adding lines like the following
>> to /etc/inittab
>> 8:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty8
>> If I try to type german umlauts on these new consoles I get garbage instead.
> Which mechanism do you use to install the German keymap for the standard
> consoles?
To be honest, I don't know (I'll try to find out).
It's whatever the etch installer has configured for me.
(I have choosen the default en_US language, but a german keymap).
> For example, I use the tools/initscripts of the "console-setup" package
> to set up console keymaps and fonts, so I would have to change [ ... ]
It's not installed here.
I do have console-tools but don't know what to do with it.
Changing /etc/console-tools/config adding SCREEN_FONT_vc8=lat0-sun16
(and similar lines) does not change anything.
Thank you,
Robert Epprecht
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