From: Abel Talaveron (abelteya.com)
Date: Fri Nov 26 2004 - 06:37:59 CST

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Martini" <dmartiniuni-hohenheim.de>
To: "Abel Talaveron" <abelteya.com>
Cc: <miscopenbsd.org>
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: Problems with the keyboard

> Citing Abel Talaveron <abelteya.com>:
>> But... I've deleted an extra file because now my keyboard is not
>> configured
>> as
>> before. For example, "/" is in the "-" key, "-" is in the "'" key, ":"
>> are
>> not in their key.
>>
>> I think this is because of the wsconsctl file. Is because of that? Or is
>> because of another file?
>
> Could be several:
> /etc/kbdtype
> contains the countrycode of the localized keyboard you want to use and
> is read by rc to set the mapping via the kbd command. For me e.g., kbdtype
> contains only the word 'de'.

I'm from Spain and this file contains 'es' , so it's ok.

> /etc/wsconsctl.conf
> contains other settings for wscons. While it is possible to modify
> keyboard behaviour from this file, it isn't done in the default install.

It seems ok too.

> I bet for nr. 1:
> so, if you previously used a localized keyboard, and the localized setting
> is gone, create /etc/kbdtype and put the proper code into it. To get a
> list
> of all possible codes do:
> 'kbd -l' as root.
>
> Regards,
> Daniel
>

What else can I do?

Thanks for your reply

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