change keybord layout in single user mode

[ccc]

hi

howto change keybord layout in single user mode?

 

[tangram]

Usually people during install set the keyboard layout. You can run # sysinstall and configure the keyboard layout.

AFAIK another alternative is kbdcontrol(1).

 

[aragon]

Never done it, but there's also kbdmap(1) which is menu driven so probably easier. It lives in /usr/sbin so in single user mode you will need to ensure /usr is mounted.

 

[ccc]

AFAIK another alternative is kbdcontrol(1).

can I use kbdcontrol in a single user mode and howto point to swiss german keyboard using this tool?

 

[mickey]

I use the following in my kernel configuration file, to switch
the kernel's default keyboard layout to german:

options         ATKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP
makeoptions     ATKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP="german.iso"

 

[ccc]

I use the following in my kernel configuration file, to switch
the kernel's default keyboard layout to german:

options         ATKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP
makeoptions     ATKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP="german.iso"

thx, but where did you changed this?

 

[DutchDaemon]

In his kernel configuration file .. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html

 

[caimadur]

You can use kbdmap(1) to change your keymap interactively.

 

[tingo]

If the correct keymap is configured in /etc/rc.conf, it is also possible to just use
# /etc/rc.d/syscons start
or
# service syscons start
to set your console and keymap settings.