Hi,

I have completed my first build of Linux From Scratch, version 7.0. When I boot into it and try to type, I experience a multitude of problems. Pressing the colon key results in the Spanish ñ character being typed, while holding shift and pressing the colon key results in the capital Ñ character. Also, pressing the foward slash and question mark key (the one to the right of the period key) types a hyphen. The other foward slash key (to the right of the num lock key) types the expected forward slash. I suspect that something went wrong when I set up the keymap. What is the best way to correct this?

-Aaron

First look up a spanish keyboard so you have a key reference for typing commands to resolve the issue. You'll want to edit the console file in /etc/sysconfig.

or use whatever editor you like (emacs, nano, peco, etc.). If you don't know the US/English settings then I found a LQ post you can reference. Reboot and you should be good.

SAM

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Thanks! I checked out the /etc/sysconfig/console file, and discovered that the vale of KEYMAP was set to "es" not "us". Thank you so much for your help!