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Feb 7, 2009, 2:29:06 PM (16 years ago)
Author:
Jim Gifford <clfs@…>
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Updated Console Information for New Bootscript

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  • BOOK/bootscripts/common/console.xml

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    1414  <secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm>
    1515
    16   <para>This section discusses how to configure the <command>console</command>
     16  <para>This section discusses how to configure the <command>i18n</command>
    1717  bootscript that sets up the keyboard map and the console font. If non-ASCII
    1818  characters (e.g., the British pound sign and Euro character) will not be
    … …  
    2121  nothing.</para>
    2222
    23   <para>The <command>console</command> script reads the
    24   <filename>/etc/sysconfig/console</filename> file for configuration
     23  <para>The <command>i18n</command> script reads the
     24  <filename>/etc/sysconfig/i18n</filename> file for configuration
    2525  information. Decide which keymap and screen font will be used. Various
    2626  language-specific HOWTO's can also help with this (see <ulink
    2727  url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/other-lang.html"/>. A pre-made
    28   <filename>/etc/sysconfig/console</filename> file with known settings for
     28  <filename>/etc/sysconfig/i18n</filename> file with known settings for
    2929  several countries was installed with the CLFS-Bootscripts package, so the
    3030  relevant section can be uncommented if the country is supported. If still
    31   in doubt, look in the <filename class="directory">/lib/kbd</filename>
    32   directory for valid keymaps and screen fonts. Read
    33   <filename>loadkeys(1)</filename> and <filename>setfont(8)</filename> to
    34   determine the correct arguments for these programs. Once decided, create
    35   the configuration file with the following command:</para>
     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>
    3634
    37 <screen><userinput>cat &gt;/etc/sysconfig/console &lt;&lt;"EOF"
    38 <literal>KEYMAP="<replaceable>[arguments for loadkeys]</replaceable>"
    39 FONT="<replaceable>[arguments for setfont]</replaceable>"</literal>
    40 EOF</userinput></screen>
    41 
    42   <para>For example, for Spanish users who also want to use the Euro
    43   character (accessible by pressing AltGr+E), the following settings are
    44   correct:</para>
    45 
    46 <screen><userinput>cat &gt;/etc/sysconfig/console &lt;&lt;"EOF"
    47 <literal>KEYMAP="es euro2"
    48 FONT="lat9-16 -u iso01"</literal>
    49 EOF</userinput></screen>
    50 
    51   <note>
    52     <para>The <envar>FONT</envar> line above is correct only for the ISO
    53     8859-15 character set. If using ISO 8859-1 and, therefore, a pound sign
    54     instead of Euro, the correct <envar>FONT</envar> line would be:</para>
    55 
    56 <screen><userinput>FONT="lat1-16"</userinput></screen>
    57 
    58   </note>
    59 
    60     <para>If the <envar>KEYMAP</envar> or <envar>FONT</envar> variable is not
    61     set, the <command>console</command> initscript will not run the
    62     corresponding program.</para>
    63 
    64     <para>In some keymaps, the Backspace and Delete keys send characters
    65     different from ones in the default keymap built into the kernel. This
    66     confuses some applications. For example, Emacs displays its help (instead
    67     of erasing the character before the cursor) when Backspace is pressed.
    68     To check if the keymap in use is affected (this works only for i386
    69     keymaps):</para>
    70 
    71 <screen><userinput>zgrep '\W14\W' <replaceable>[/path/to/your/keymap]</replaceable></userinput></screen>
    72 
    73   <para>If the keycode 14 is Backspace instead of Delete, create the
    74   following keymap snippet to fix this issue:</para>
    75 
    76 <screen><userinput>mkdir -pv /etc/kbd &amp;&amp; cat &gt; /etc/kbd/bs-sends-del &lt;&lt;"EOF"
    77 <literal>                  keycode  14 = Delete Delete Delete Delete
    78               alt keycode  14 = Meta_Delete
    79         altgr alt keycode  14 = Meta_Delete
    80                   keycode 111 = Remove
    81     altgr control keycode 111 = Boot
    82       control alt keycode 111 = Boot
    83 altgr control alt keycode 111 = Boot</literal>
    84 EOF</userinput></screen>
    85 
    86   <para>Tell the <command>console</command> script to load this
    87   snippet after the main keymap:</para>
    88 
    89 <screen><userinput>cat &gt;&gt;/etc/sysconfig/console &lt;&lt;"EOF"
    90 <literal>KEYMAP_CORRECTIONS="/etc/kbd/bs-sends-del"</literal>
    91 EOF</userinput></screen>
     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>
    9239
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