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Last change on this file since f765af0 was 46945af, checked in by Jim Gifford <clfs@…>, 16 years ago

Updated Console Information for New Bootscript

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[3f8be484]1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
[aa18ac0]2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
[3f8be484]4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-scripts-console">
9 <?dbhtml filename="console.html"?>
10 <title>Configuring the Linux Console</title>
11
12 <indexterm zone="ch-scripts-console">
13 <primary sortas="d-console">console</primary>
14 <secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm>
15
[46945af]16 <para>This section discusses how to configure the <command>i18n</command>
[3f8be484]17 bootscript that sets up the keyboard map and the console font. If non-ASCII
18 characters (e.g., the British pound sign and Euro character) will not be
19 used and the keyboard is a U.S. one, skip this section. Without the
20 configuration file, the <command>console</command> bootscript will do
21 nothing.</para>
22
[46945af]23 <para>The <command>i18n</command> script reads the
24 <filename>/etc/sysconfig/i18n</filename> file for configuration
[3f8be484]25 information. Decide which keymap and screen font will be used. Various
26 language-specific HOWTO's can also help with this (see <ulink
27 url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/other-lang.html"/>. A pre-made
[46945af]28 <filename>/etc/sysconfig/i18n</filename> file with known settings for
[fb40919]29 several countries was installed with the CLFS-Bootscripts package, so the
[3f8be484]30 relevant section can be uncommented if the country is supported. If still
[46945af]31 in doubt, look in the <filename class="directory">/usr/share/consolefonts</filename>
32 for valid screen fonts and <filename class="directory">/usr/share/keymaps</filename>
33 for valid keymaps.</para>
34
35 <para>The default <filename>/etc/sysconfig/i18n</filename> is set up for UTF-8
36 using the us keymap. You will need to edit the file to your specific needs.
37 The <filename>/etc/sysconfig/i18n</filename> has additional information it to
38 help you to assist in configuring.</para>
[3f8be484]39
40</sect1>
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