Re: [9fans] setting up a differnet keyboard

[Robert Hibberdine <bob.hibberdine@ntlworld.com>]

Many thanks for this recipe.
For the moment, though, I am going to stick with my
    cp  /sys/lib/kbmap/uk   /dev/kbmap   in my profile

Unless there is a good reason why I shouldn't....?

Bob

erik quanstrom wrote:
>> In which case, this doesn't seem to be a very practical mechanism.
>> Wouldn't it be beter to attach to the server and then do the kbmap()
>> stuff ??
>>
>
> that's a good chicken-and-egg question.  at the stage of boot
> where kbmap is run, factotum has not been run and there is no
> fileserver.  the advantage to doing the mapping here is that
> passwords can be entered normally.  the disadvantage is that
> you can't get the file from the fileserver --- you can't authenticate
> to it.
>
> if you wait until you have auth set up, you could use files from
> the fs, but you'd have one convention for entering passwords
> and another for entering everything else.  (assuming all the
> chars in your password are typable with your keyboard and
> the standard layout interpretation.)
>
> so the only solution is to build the kbmap into the kernel.
>
> i'm not going to try this, so i might mess a few details up,
> but this is close to what you want to do.
>
> 1. use "kbmap=/boot/uk"
>
> 2. edit your terminal configuration.  generally this is /sys/src/9/pc/pc.
> in the bootdir section add "/sys/lib/kbmap/uk"
>
> 3. make your kernel "mk 'CONF=pc' install"
>
> 4. copy /386/9pc to wherever you boot from.  if you're
> changing the name of your kernel, then be sure to edit
> your plan9.ini, too.
>
> 5. reboot.  after booting, you can verify that you've got
> it right by
> 	mount /srv/boot /n/boot
> 	lc /boot
> you should see a file named "uk" in /boot.  (and your
> keyboard should work correctly.)
>
> - erik
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