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--- wiki:console_key_mappings [2011/10/22 06:37] – created curaga
+++ wiki:console_key_mappings [2011/10/22 07:44] (current) – slight script edit curaga
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 Beyond setting the keymap with kmaps.tcz, if your locale uses non-ascii chars, you may need to set up a different console font and font mapping to use those chars outside of X.
-<code>test</code>
+First load the setfont.tcz extension.\\
+Set the two variables in the following script, and run it on each console. The example settings are appropriate for iso-8859-15 - latin-1 with euro.
+Click on the filename to download.
+<code sh setconmap.sh>
+#!/bin/sh
+# From the LFS bootscripts, GPL
+# Figure out if a framebuffer console is used
+[ -d /sys/class/graphics/fb0 ] && USE_FB=1 || USE_FB=0
+UNICODE=0
+FONT="lat0-16 -m 8859-15"
+# Figure out the command to set the console into the
+# desired mode
+[ "$UNICODE" -eq 1 ] &&
+	MODE_COMMAND="echo -en '\033%G' && kbd_mode -u" ||
+	MODE_COMMAND="echo -en '\033%@\033(K' && kbd_mode -a"
+# On framebuffer consoles, font has to be set for each vt in
+# UTF-8 mode. This doesn't hurt in non-UTF-8 mode also.
+MODE_COMMAND="${MODE_COMMAND} && setfont ${FONT}"
+eval $MODE_COMMAND</code>