Good news! I figured out what I was missing was "GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT=at_keyboard" in /etc/default/grub BUT I have one last issue, which is cosmetic but kind of a big deal:
Whenever I use the arrow keys the screen is flooded with messages like "Unknown key 0xe0+0xaa from set 1" which makes it hard to edit the menu items (though at least I stand a fighting chance with Dvorak on my side!). Thanks! On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Garrett McLean <gmcl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Colin! > > Just upgraded to the latest grub2 and tried your suggestion out. It didn't > work :( Here's what I did with one note that may help: > > 1. Upgrade to latest grub2 > 2. sudo mkdir -p /boot/grub/layouts > 3. ckbcomp us dvorak | sudo grub-mklayout -o > /boot/grub/layouts/us:dvorak.gkb NOTE: When I ran this command it spat back > "Unknown keycode 0x79" at me, which I'm sure is the problem (just not sure > how to find it). > 4. sudo update-grub > 5. sudo reboot > > I couldn't find good documentation in /usr/share/doc/grub*, nor in the > man/info pages for grub-mklayout, nor on Google (and the grub wiki appears > to be down) so I really have no clue what to do for a next step. > > Thanks, > -Garrett > > On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Colin Watson <cjwat...@debian.org> wrote: > >> On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 04:24:40PM -0700, Garrett McLean wrote: >> > Please add support for setkey! Without it I am forced to use a QWERTY >> layout >> > if I want to edit menu entries in grub (pressing 'e' at the menu). This >> is >> > super annoying as a Dvorak user. >> >> It almost certainly isn't going to be backported to squeeze, but the >> version in sid has grub-mklayout and grub-kbdcomp utilities. You can do >> something like this (untested): >> >> sudo mkdir -p /boot/grub/layouts >> ckbcomp us dvorak | sudo grub-mklayout -o >> /boot/grub/layouts/us:dvorak.gkb >> >> ... and then add this command to /boot/grub/custom.cfg: >> >> keymap us:dvorak >> >> Hopefully we'll get this a bit more neatly integrated in future. >> >> -- >> Colin Watson [cjwat...@debian.org] >> > >
