When i select "qwerty/da.map" on the "KEYBOARD MAP SELECTION" screen then on the next screen where i can test if the keyboard is correct i can't really test if its correct because when i type "æøå" on my keyboard they just appear as squares "■ ■ ■ ".

I would like it to be fixed so that "æøå" will work correctly for danish keyboard layout.

I'm guessing this is because of the font used.
But after logging in as root if i type "ø" the prompt changes from "root@slackware:/# " to "(arg: 8) "
Typing "æåÆØÅ" does not seem to do anything.

Hi,

you can try to change the locale.

will list all possible locales for your machine.

Then you must change /etc/profile.d/lang.sh

Where do you see this "KEYBOARD MAP SELECTION" screen?

In any case the terminus fonts ter-1* seem to have the needed glyphs.

To install one of these fonts type in a Linux console "setfont ter-132b" for instance then "showconsolefont" to display all provided glyph. Smaller sizes than 32 are available (even numbers between 14 and 30) and b at the end of the font name stands for "bold". Use n instead for "normal".

There are no "locale" command at this time before installation i suppose (i get "sh: locale: command not found").

I run slackware-14.2-install-dvd.iso and when the prompt says "boot: " i press enter and then the prompt says "Enter 1 to select a keyboard map: ". I enter 1 and enter.
I select qwerty/dk.map and press OK.
Then i type æøå to test but i get ■ ■ ■ instead.

setfont ter-132b gives "setfont: ter-132b: No such file or directory".
showconsolefont gives "sh: showconsolefont: command not found".

I think the OP is talking about the keyboard map screen when booting install media, before 'You may now login as root'.

OK I see now. The Terminus font and the showconsolefont binary are not included in Slackware installer. Just complete the installation (you wont need to type or display any character outside the ASCII set), then after installation you will be able to set a proper font as suggested in my previous post.

Or install Slint

I would like the problem with the squares to be fixed so that it can be corrected in future releases.
I don't think its only a problem with font because if that was the case i would properly not get "(arg: 8) " at the prompt. But maybe i'm wrong.

Can you choose dk-latin1 instead when installing?

qwerty/dk-latin1.map and qwerty/dk.map gives the same result with the squares and "(arg: 8) ".

The no-latin1.map or no.map should also work and give you the æ,ø,å characters. Can you check this?

no.map gives me "|{}\[]" when i type "æøåÆØÅ".
no-latin1.map gives me "■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■" i type "æøåÆØÅ".

sv-latin1.map gives me "■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■" i type "æøåÆØÅ".
There are no sv.map it seems.

dvorak/no-dvorak.map also gives "■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■" when i type "æøåÆØÅ" where they are suppose to be on dvorak keyboard.

I think that the terminus font loaded by the boot media isn't complete, with all utf-8 characters.
As Didier said, you can run setup and install the system with default keyboard map.

After, with system installed, as aragorn2101 and Didier said, edit /etc/profile.d/lang.sh with your language,
/etc/rc.d/rc.keymap with desired keyboard map (for console I prefer us-acentos, it gives me
some pt_BR characters that need dead keys, ç ã é ê í ó etc)
and /etc/rc.d/rc.font with a font with utf-8 support.
Terminus ter-118n.psf has utf-8 support and is a good font for 1680x1050 console,
I don't have to use glasses to read the screen .

How can i know which fonts contains æøåÆØÅ and which does not?
How would i know which font have UTF-8 support and which does not?

Seems default8x16.psfu.gz is the default after install... i dont know if it is the default before install.
But now after installation when i select default8x16.psfu.gz with setconsolefont and type "æøåÆØÅ" i get "æ?åÆ?Å".

Also i selected to use UTF-8 during install.
Running unicode_start and typing "æøåÆØÅ" gives "æøåÆØÅ" .