[plug] Laptop keymap issue.

[Shayne O'Neill]

Ok partial solution found;-

    loadkeys << EOF
    keycode 86 = backslash
    shift keycode 86 = bar
    EOF

    can be run in a script to fix it.

Where should I put this? (Ugh, must clear cobwebs out of brain.) 

-----Original Message-----
From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Shayne O'Neill
Sent: Thursday, 20 July 2006 11:49 AM
To: plug at plug.org.au
Subject: RE: [plug] Laptop keymap issue.


Argh. It gets worse.

If I select any of the US keyboards, it makes no difference, its broken.

If I select a british keyboard, it fixes the problem of the |\ key, but
breaks half the other keys.

Maddening. 

-----Original Message-----
From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Tomasz Grzegurzko
Sent: Thursday, 20 July 2006 11:01 AM
To: plug at plug.org.au
Subject: Re: [plug] Laptop keymap issue.

On 7/20/06, Shayne O'Neill <shayneo at bestflights.com.au> wrote:
>
> Hey guys, Just rejoined the list, new job all that.
>
> I've got a new lappie, well a few months. Its got Ubuntu on it, and 
> I've got a slight issue.
>
> It's a NEC Versa E2000, running Ubuntu (Warty Warthog. I'll move to 
> dapper one day), and its all good except for one *vexatious* little 
> problem
>
> My Keyboard has a key in the corner that has a | and a \. Problem is 
> its mapped as a < and a > .
>
> For the life of me I cant work out how to remap it, the worst part 
> being is theres no other way to put those two, rather important
characters in.
>
> Can anyone point me where I ought be looking?
>
>
> Shayne  O'Neill
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I had this problem a while ago -- someone set their keymap to british.

Stolen from <http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36>

apt-get install console-data console-tools debconf dpkg-reconfigure
console-data


Tomasz
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