How to set keyb locale without X?

Bamse123 · 12-07-2003, 04:18 AM

I've been searching and searching through my system for every possible configuration file where I'd be able to configure my keyboard. I'm running Slackware 9.1 (more precise: ZipSlack ~40Mb) and this one didn't come with a step-by-step system configuration wizard... I guess? And no, this one doesn't come with X.

I'm planning to download & install X but can't to connect to ftp://ftp.slackware.com because it's impossible to type ":". I don't want to live off ASCII codes the rest of my life, so how do I configure my keyboard? The problem is that I've born in Finland and I have a Finnish keyboard: this one is set to US English, of course. I've faced this problem numerous times before, for example with DOS. "fi-latin" would help me with this one, as it has before.

So, how?

Regards,
Bamse

ps. Is this one distribution specific post (Slackware)?

MartinN · 12-07-2003, 06:33 AM

The command is 'loadkeys <keymapname>'. You must find your keymap file. Try

Code:

~> locate fi-latin1

On my machine that is running Vector Linux the file is in '/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/fi-latin1.map.gz'.

Good luck!
Martin