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Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Q&A Forum => Topic started by: si_hussain1 on June 23, 2009, 05:12:11 AM

Title: German kmap
Post by: si_hussain1 on June 23, 2009, 05:12:11 AM

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.

Title: Re: German kmap
Post by: si_hussain1 on June 25, 2009, 03:04:43 AM

Hi,
  Any suggestions regarding this?

Title: Re: German kmap
Post by: SvOlli on June 25, 2009, 12:30:45 PM

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).

Title: Re: German kmap
Post by: frimical on June 25, 2009, 03:04:22 PM

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.

Title: Re: German kmap
Post by: Friedl on July 01, 2009, 03:24:50 AM

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

Title: Re: German kmap
Post by: roberts on July 01, 2009, 02:38:52 PM

Updated! Thanks for suggestion.

Title: Re: German kmap
Post by: Friedl on July 02, 2009, 03:47:59 PM

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 ;)

Title: Re: German kmap
Post by: adszhu on September 08, 2009, 05:20:19 AM

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

Title: Re: German kmap
Post by: chattrhand on January 10, 2011, 06:28:28 AM

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.

Title: Re: German kmap
Post by: TaoTePuh on January 10, 2011, 07:20:36 AM

Maybe you wanna try the bootcode:

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kmap=de

Title: Re: German kmap
Post by: jls on January 10, 2011, 08:08:27 AM

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

Title: Re: German kmap
Post by: TaoTePuh on January 10, 2011, 09:34:14 AM

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

Title: Re: German kmap
Post by: jls on January 10, 2011, 09:39:26 AM

do u have the latest kmaps.tcz ?

Title: Re: German kmap
Post by: TaoTePuh on January 10, 2011, 10:45:40 AM

Yes - TC 3.4.1 with updated tces

Title: Re: German kmap
Post by: TaoTePuh on January 10, 2011, 12:04:35 PM

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.

Title: Re: German kmap
Post by: chattrhand on January 15, 2011, 06:52:11 AM

hi,
the boot option   tinycore kmap=de  has no effect on either of my test engines (DELL, Lenovo, iMac, MacMini).

Changing via ExitToPrompt and entering the command line
... sudo kmap < /usr.../de-latin-nodeadkeys.kmaps
and restoring with  startx   as stated in my recent posting works fine with abiword, gedit, even Aterm, but not with the builtin  Editor.

On Editor I have now qwertz and äöüß but no way to get  at-sign, tilde, square brackets and so on.
My workaround is to have an abiword window open where these signs can easily be written. :-/

The problem arises when I open Firefox, and edit this posting.
No at sign, no brackets, no tilde and so on.
My workaround can be applied here too and so I can copy @{[]}\~ from abiword

I am using Tinycore 3.4.1 and the kmaps.tce from ibiblio.org.

Has anyone else this problem, is there a way to help?
greetings
chattrhand

Title: Re: German kmap
Post by: curaga on January 15, 2011, 07:31:13 AM

Bootcode:
As mentioned above in this thread, in the faq, in the kmaps info, and the kmaps update announcement, the correct code would be "kmap=qwertz/de".

AltGr:
See the FAQ. Blame Xvesa.
http://tinycorelinux.com/faq.html#xmodmap