Re: Getting current keymap

2000-09-13 Thread Yann Dirson
On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 10:47:09AM +0200, Torsten Landschoff wrote: > 3) S30checkfs.sh fails and bails out into a shell (using sulogin). > > Currently the keyboard mapping is loaded in S05keymaps-lct.sh and I think > that's a good thing. Thanks, good point. I'll put this rationale into consol

Re: Getting current keymap

2000-09-13 Thread Torsten Landschoff
On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 07:56:36PM +0200, Miros/law `Jubal' Baran wrote: > > That's why the includes are assembled into a self-contained keymap > > which is stored in /etc. > > Only if you use pre-supplied keymaps. When you use customized ones[1] > it's not that easy. Please explain. Why does

Re: Getting current keymap

2000-09-13 Thread Torsten Landschoff
On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 11:09:49PM +0200, Yann Dirson wrote: > > Don't change that. Beginners would be very confused if the keytable is not > > working as expected. Not everybody can work with a US keyboard table if the > > need arises. > > In which cases is the user able to get to the shell befo

Re: Getting current keymap

2000-09-12 Thread Yann Dirson
On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 10:46:34AM +0200, Torsten Landschoff wrote: > On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 07:39:04PM +0200, Yann Dirson wrote: > > > Probably this should be discussed here and if noone objects changed ASAP, > > so that any problems get caught quickly. > > Don't change that. Beginners would b

Re: Getting current keymap

2000-09-12 Thread Miros/law `Jubal' Baran
12.09.2000 pisze Torsten Landschoff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > That's why the includes are assembled into a self-contained keymap > which is stored in /etc. Only if you use pre-supplied keymaps. When you use customized ones[1] it's not that easy. > BTW: The "correct" approach to this would be to h

Re: Getting current keymap

2000-09-12 Thread Torsten Landschoff
On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 01:34:49PM +0200, Miros/law `Jubal' Baran wrote: > Setting keymap _before_ /usr is mounted is an interesting approach to > the system boot schema design, because include statements are in most > keymap files (what can result in broken keymap). > > Keyboard mapping should

Re: Getting current keymap

2000-09-12 Thread Peter Palfrader
Hi Miros/law! On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Miros/law `Jubal' Baran wrote: > 12.09.2000 pisze Torsten Landschoff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Don't change that. Beginners would be very confused if the keytable > > is not working as expected. Not everybody can work with a US keyboard > > table if the need a

Re: Getting current keymap

2000-09-12 Thread Miros/law `Jubal' Baran
12.09.2000 pisze Torsten Landschoff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Don't change that. Beginners would be very confused if the keytable > is not working as expected. Not everybody can work with a US keyboard > table if the need arises. > Debian should try to get more user friendly instead of getting ugli

Re: Getting current keymap

2000-09-12 Thread Torsten Landschoff
On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 07:39:04PM +0200, Yann Dirson wrote: > Probably this should be discussed here and if noone objects changed ASAP, > so that any problems get caught quickly. Don't change that. Beginners would be very confused if the keytable is not working as expected. Not everybody can wo

Re: Getting current keymap

2000-09-08 Thread Yann Dirson
On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 07:19:58PM +0200, Miros/law `Jubal' Baran wrote: > 6.09.2000 pisze Renaud Guérin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Is there something obvious I missed or is it really unfeasible ? > > I looked at it and... (didn't do that before, because I used my own > keymap, which doesn't need

Re: Getting current keymap

2000-09-08 Thread Miros/law `Jubal' Baran
6.09.2000 pisze Renaud Guérin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Is there something obvious I missed or is it really unfeasible ? I looked at it and... (didn't do that before, because I used my own keymap, which doesn't need to include anything) and yes, setting keymap before mounting /usr is rather not the