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(New page: ==Check the manufacturing Data== (information that comes with the laptop, and should state what language it should be in) *Boot into the ok prompt *type: .mfg-data *next to LA should be th...) |
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**Option "XkbLayout" "us" |
**Option "XkbLayout" "us" |
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**Option "XkbVariant" "olpc" |
**Option "XkbVariant" "olpc" |
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*The XkbLayout is the two letter country code of the laptop. [http://www.bcpl.net/~j1m5path/isocodes.html country codes] |
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*Changing this will change the keyboard mapping that the laptop uses. |
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*press q to quit. |
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Revision as of 21:07, 17 September 2007
Check the manufacturing Data
(information that comes with the laptop, and should state what language it should be in)
- Boot into the ok prompt
- type: .mfg-data
- next to LA should be the code for the three letter country code of the laptop
Check the Internationalization File
- In a terminal, type: cat /etc/sysconfig/i18n
- The i18n file will look something like:
LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
SYSFONG="sun12x22"
- LANG="{two letter language code}_{two letter country code}.UTF-8" (the country code us only used if there are multiple countries with that language)
Check the xorg.conf File
(This is what decides what keyboard mapping will be used by the laptop)
- In a terminal, type: less /etc/X11/xorg.conf
- Look at the section labeled "InputDevice" (it will have lines something close to the following)
- Option "XkbLayout" "us"
- Option "XkbVariant" "olpc"
- The XkbLayout is the two letter country code of the laptop. country codes
- Changing this will change the keyboard mapping that the laptop uses.
- press q to quit.