[SOLVED] What's wrong with this console config file?

hazel · 09-14-2020, 06:00 AM

Details: LFS 10.0, sysvinit version. Everything works at boot except the console! The console init script gives me a FAIL message. Virtual consoles are set up in spite of this, but with a US keyboard. I'm sure I've made an elementary mistake somewhere.

Code:

# Begin /etc/sysconfig/console

UNICODE="1"
KEYMAP="en_GB-utf8"
FONT=LatGrkCyr-12x22

# End /etc/sysconfig/console

boughtonp · 09-14-2020, 08:25 AM

My guess is that KEYMAP isn't a language thing and should instead be set to "uk".

A quick search supports that - this Arch wiki page says "The naming conventions of console keymaps are somewhat arbitrary, but usually they are based on: [639-1 Language codes, Country codes, Keyboard layouts]" and says you can use "localectl list-keymaps" to list available ones. Later on in the page it uses KEYMAP=uk in an example.

hazel · 09-14-2020, 08:32 AM

OK, done. I'll see if it worked next time I boot it.

hendrickxm · 09-14-2020, 09:33 AM

These are some available keymaps for uk:

Code:

atari-uk-falcon
dvorak-uk
mac-uk
sunt5-uk
sunt6-uk
uk

hazel · 09-15-2020, 10:54 AM

Thank you boughtonp! That did the trick.