In the console:
To change the keymap used in Slackware console, the init scripts look for a file called "/etc/rc.d/rc.keymap". The file should have contents like this:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
# Load the keyboard map. More maps are in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps.
if [ -x /usr/bin/loadkeys ]; then
/usr/bin/loadkeys fr.map
fi
This file should also be executable:
Code:
chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.keymap
Instead of "fr.map" you could also try "fr-latin1.map". More keymap files are in directory
/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/azerty .
In X:
KDE and Gnome will let you select a keyboard layout. KDE in Control Panel, and Gnome there's surely something similar (I don't run KDE or Gnome at the moment). If you use another desktop environment, the easiest way is still, to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf ... or re-run "xorgconfig" to generate a new xorg.conf and this time select a french keyboard layout.
Eric