Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 05:25:31 +0000 From: Robert Downes <nullentropy@lineone.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dvorak keymap in single user mode Message-ID: <3FF500CB.50500@lineone.net> In-Reply-To: <3FF4EEA7.4030709@lineone.net> References: <3FF4E439.3040700@lineone.net> <3FF4EEA7.4030709@lineone.net>
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Reply to myself again, just to make sure this thread can be of use to anyone searching archives at any point in the future. Stéphane Witzmann suggested that the kernel configuration be altered to specify a default keyboard. So, after checking NOTES and the name of the keyboard map I want (us.dvorak), I changed my custom kernel configuration file (BOBKERN) so that it now contains a section exactly like this: # atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse device atkbdc # AT keyboard controller device atkbd # AT keyboard options ATKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP makeoptions ATKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP=us.dvorak # use Dvorak key layout Once this was built and installed (see the handbook for advice on custom kernel building), I booted into single user mode and, hallelujah, it is now in Dvorak layout by default. Thanks to Stéphane. DISCLAIMER: Bob is not liable for any minor, major, or irreparable damage his advice may cause. Furthermore by having read the above message, you have already agreed to indemnify Bob against all legal, civil, military, and psychologically hurtful action, whether or not initiated by you. Should any part of this agreement contradict itself, you will close your eyes and ignore the section that is of less profitability to Bob. Should any of this agreement be deemed illegal, you agree to raise up an army and defeat any and all that stand in the way of a change in the law that will install or reinstate the validity of this agreement. -- Bob
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