German kmap

[si_hussain1]

Hi,
   I am trying to load a keymap . I download the kmap.tce in my persistent directory and added the loadkmap line in the bootlocal.sh as instructed in FAQS. But, the keymap doesnt seem to change.
  I added "loadkmap < /usr/share/kmap/gr.kmap" .
But after bootup, the keys are in qwerty only. They are supposed to be in the german format right?
   I also tried fr.kmap, fr-latin1.kmap, but it didnt work. Please let me know as to how to change the keyboard settings. Also, is it possible to add the support for other languages in GUI.

[si_hussain1]

Hi,
  Any suggestions regarding this?

[SvOlli]

I tried the following:
1. Starting up as normal.
2. Installed kmaps.tce.
3. Shut down with "Exit To Prompt"
4. Ran "sudo loadkeys < /usr/share/kmap/de-latin1.kmap"
5. Run "startx" to fire up Xvesa again.

And I got a working German layout. I assume your problems are either a missing "sudo" or using the wrong keymap (gr is Greece not German).

[frimical]

before doing 5) you can test your keyboard, it would have been changed accordingly... and when you got the right map for your keyboard it will be same for x too.

[Friedl]

BTW - the documentation http://www.tinycorelinux.com/faq.html#bootcodes says:

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tinycore kmap=us                    Choose Keyboard (currently us only)
Could someone correct this to

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... (currently us only unless kmap.tce is installed)
or something like this?

[roberts]

Updated! Thanks for suggestion.

[Friedl]

Cool, thanks a lot! My son has taken some TinyCore CDs to school and he and his friends use them to play around, but they don't have the english keymap in their head, so this one is a very useful feature

[adszhu]

Friedl,
how could You finally manage to boot german keymap? I loose my keymap each time TC boots...

[chattrhand]

hi tinyusers,
actually I am using TC 3.4.1 and also had the problem to set my keyboard to german.
Trying the same way as SvOlli I found that may the modifications of kmaps.tce should be followed by modifications here (line 4 only)

  1. Starting up as normal.
  2. Installed kmaps.tce.
  3. Shut down with "Exit To Prompt"

  4. Ran "sudo loadkmap < /usr/share/kmap/qwertz/de-latin1-nodeadkeys.kmap

  5. Run "startx" to fire up Xvesa again.

This may not be a problem for Experienced Linux Users, but for newbies it is.

[TaoTePuh]

Maybe you wanna try the bootcode:

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kmap=de

[jls]

the right boot code would be
kmap=qwerz/de or something like this

[TaoTePuh]

"kmap=de" works well for me ...

[jls]

do u have the latest kmaps.tcz ?

[TaoTePuh]

Yes - TC 3.4.1 with updated tces

[TaoTePuh]

I retract!
"kmap=de" seems to work for me but it is my X- and locale config. "Exit to prompt" brings it to light: it does not work ...

Correct settings (as jls_legalize already wrote) are for e.g.

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qwertz/de
qwertz/de-latin1
qwertz/de-latin1-nodeadkeys

Thanks for the correction.