piCore-9.0.3 How to change the Keyboard Layout to German? Pls help

[ScaleThePoo]

Ok so i have read the faq here:
http://tinycorelinux.net/faq.html#keyboard

installed the via the app on x (kmaps.tcz) and added it to boot with that tool

sudo loadkmap < /usr/share/kmap/qwertz/de-latin1-nodeadkeys gives no return on my command line and changes nothing i cant type ÄÜ and everything else like -_\ / is moved around on my keyboard z=y and y=z and so on...

what can i do? There are several threads on this forum none of which work, even changing the xconfig files wont help

I have tried http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,19847.45.html
post Number #57 and it doesn help!

cat /opt/bootlocal.sh does contain my keyboard mappings yet nothing changes EVEN AFTER A REBOOT it is there but gets ignored

Where can i change the keyboard layout systemwide and maybe set the locale to germany!

[Juanito]

You can set the locale using the getlocale extension

[ScaleThePoo]

ok thanks i installed getlocale extension and set it to OnDemand

then i ran:
sudo getlocale.sh

Menü poped up and i chosed the de-German ones..script did its thing
i hit enter to exit it
sudo backup

now where do i need to add "lang=de_DE@euro" to? The /opt/bootlocal.sh needs to be changed?

I also installed nano to get an familiar editor for me

[Juanito]

Depending on which RPi you have, you put "lang=de_DE@euro" in /mnt/mmcblk0p1/cmdline.txt or /mnt/mmcblk0p1/cmdline3.txt

Note that you don't really need getlocale in ondemand.lst,  but you do need to check that mylocale is in onboot.lst

[ScaleThePoo]

My board is a Raspberry Pi 3 (non plus old version)

Didn't work:   
sudo su
nano /mnt/mmcblk0p1/cmdline.txt
lang=de_DE@euro"   in first line

backup
reboot

if i type locale it shows:
LANG=C
C
C
and so on

Keyboard is still chaos y=z and z=y :-( disappointing.. :-/

[Juanito]

I believe that you would need to use /mnt/mmcblk0p1/cmdline3.txt for an RPi3.

You should also check that the mylocale extension created by getlocale is loaded.

[ScaleThePoo]

how do i check "check that the mylocale extension created by getlocale is loaded"

 service --status-all | grep mylocale
returns:
-sh: service: not found


Edited
/mnt/mmcblk0p1/cmdline3.txt

and backup and yes it is there after reboot..

nothing didn't help :-/

UPDATE1:
i did change both the cmdline.txt & cmdline3.txt on the /mnt/mmcblk0p1 via my windows pc so it is there for sure

now locale show de_DE@euro everywhere!!

Keyboard still wrong :-(

[Rich]

Hi ScaleThePoo

how do i check "check that the mylocale extension created by getlocale is loaded" ...

If this finds the file then it is loaded:

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ls -l /usr/local/tce.installed/mylocale

[Juanito]

If "locale show de_DE@euro everywhere", then mylocale is loaded.

For future use, to check if an extension is loaded:

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$ tce-status -i | grep extension_name
I've never tried to change the keyboard, so I can't help with that, but there are many threads on it in these forums and several entries in the wiki.

[ScaleThePoo]

Looks like it works now:

tc@box:~$ ls -l /usr/local/tce.installed/mylocale
-rwxrwxr-x    1 root     staff            0 Jan  1 00:00 /usr/local/tce.installed/mylocale
tc@box:~$


the Locale is now set to DE Germany but still i can type ÄÜÖ which is not so important, but my whole keyboard layout is chaos

@Juanito
Does the wiki also work for PiCore which is not TinyCorex86?

The FAQ lists how to change the keyboard which does nothing on piCore


I do have another slight problem now, as i followed the forums i created a file in
usr/local/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-keyboard.conf
it now blocks somehow the shutdown backup option on the x desktop as it is not there any more..

How can i remove it from the backup script?

[Rich]

Hi ScaleThePoo

How can i remove it from the backup script?

Remove the line from  /opt/.filetool.lst.

[ScaleThePoo]

OK thank you :-P

Now changing the keyboard to "loadkmap < /usr/share/kmap/qwertz/de-latin1-nodeadkeys.kmap" magically works :-P

The FAQ should be edited that you NEED the locale thing, its not working they way it was documented atleast not on rpi3 piCore 9.0.3 currently

i edited /opt/bootlocal.sh with nano does work if you issue backup command like it should...


now a little time later i did several restarts just test installed dillo3 on my last xsession, without backup..keyboard is back to US again :-(

[curaga]

loadkmap affects the console keymap. Xorg has its own keymaps. Neither keymap is affected by locales.