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# 1  
Old 07-18-2009
Unable to change keyboard layout

After Solaris 10 installation I was unable to change keyboard using known commands
kbd -s and eeprom keyboard layoit.
Also modifinig /boot/solaris/bootenv.rc did not helped.


And is possible to replace Solaris keymap with ubuntu keymap because my keyboard
work perfectly under Ubuntu and Gentoo
# 2  
Old 07-18-2009
Try: /usr/bin/loadkeys /usr/share/lib/keytables/type_6/[language]
# 3  
Old 07-18-2009
try "kdmconfig" from commandline login as root...
# 4  
Old 07-19-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by gxmsgx
Try: /usr/bin/loadkeys /usr/share/lib/keytables/type_6/[language]
Tried and answer is unknown id

Quote:
Originally Posted by DukeNuke2
try "kdmconfig" from commandline login as root...
Hmm here something smells bad because
Code:
The Solaris environment supports the AT keyboard with
             several international layouts and languages. Currently the
             following languages and layouts are supported:

                        US-English, US-English (Microsoft-Natual),
                        UK-English, Japanese (J3100), Japanese (106),
                        French, French-Canadian, Swiss-French, Danish,
                        Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, German, Swiss-German,
                        Italian, Spanish, Korean, and Taiwanese.


Last edited by microbot; 07-19-2009 at 10:36 AM..
# 5  
Old 07-19-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by microbot
Tried and answer is unknown id
example for German layout:
Code:
# ls /usr/share/lib/keytables/type_6/
albania              layout_00            layout_105           layout_1e            slovenia
belarus              layout_02            layout_106           layout_1f            spain
belgium              layout_06            layout_107           layout_20            sweden
bulgaria             layout_07            layout_108           layout_21            swiss_french
croatia              layout_08            layout_10f           layout_23            swiss_german
denmark              layout_09            layout_12            maltauk              taiwan
finnish              layout_0e            layout_13            maltaus              turkeyf
france               layout_0f            layout_16            netherlands          turkeyq
germany              layout_10            layout_17            norway               uk
iceland              layout_100           layout_18            portugal             us
italy                layout_101           layout_19            reset                
japan                layout_102           layout_1a            russia               
kbd_layouts          layout_103           layout_1b            serbiaandmontenegro  
korea                layout_104           layout_1c            slovakia

select your preferred layout:
Code:
# loadkeys /usr/share/lib/keytables/type_6/germany

test and if your layout is ok edit /boot/solaris/bootenv.rc and insert this line:

Code:
setprop keyboard-layout 'German'

# 6  
Old 07-20-2009
did not worked
# 7  
Old 07-20-2009
It would help if you elaborate a little.
Start with telling what keyboard layout do you want to set, then cut and paste the commands you run and their output.
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