Thanks a lot, I will give it a try. It seems not so easy (as it could be) to accomplish this.
Yours --Marcus On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 02:05:20PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 06:35:41PM +0200, Marcus Geiger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > how do I change the default keymap. I want my system to keep the setting > > if reboot. > > install-keymap dvorak seems to me not enough. > > I've had to fight with this on several systems. > > In general, I create a custom keymap somewhere under /usr/share/keymaps. > Something like /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/<host>.kmap.gz. > I link this to /usr/share/keymaps/default.kmap.gz > I link this to /etc/console-tools/default.kmap.gz > > I make sure the following /etc/rc?.d/ links exist (see update-rc.d docs > for info): > > /etc/rc0.d/K20keymaps-lct.sh > /etc/rc1.d/K20keymaps-lct.sh > /etc/rc2.d/S20keymaps-lct.sh > /etc/rc3.d/S20keymaps-lct.sh > /etc/rc4.d/S20keymaps-lct.sh > /etc/rc5.d/S20keymaps-lct.sh > /etc/rc6.d/K20keymaps-lct.sh > /etc/rcS.d/S05keymaps.sh > > ...my preferred keysettings are started at boot, and at each of > runlevels 2-5. The 'stop' entries (0, 1, 6) don't actually do anything. > > Cheers. > > -- > Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal > http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.antbear.org