[Clfs-support] kemap problems with clfs-bootscript//corrected

[b-vol]

On Friday 28 November 2008 08:16:56 pm Ken Moffat wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 07:18:12PM +0000, b-vol wrote:
> > A) I re-checked he compile log for kbd-1.14  and the compile and install
> > was without errors.
> > B) I ran  loadkeys uk.map.gz and obtained the following output:-
> > lib/kbd/keymap/i386/qwerty/uk.map.gz:1  syntax error
> > syntax error in map file
> >
> > try another version of kbd?
> > suggestions welcomed
>
>  First thing to do is to look at line 1 of the file, e.g in 'view'
> or with 'zcat ... | head '
>
>  I'm on a box using kbd-1.14.1 and I get
> ken at ac30 ~ $zcat /lib/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/uk.map.gz | head
> # uk.map
> # From bam at wcl-l.bham.ac.uk Fri May  2 20:20:59 1997
> # reduced number of keymaps, adapted to alt_is_meta - aeb
> #
> # old: shift keycode 41 = asciitilde
> # bam: shift keycode 41 = notsign
> #
> keymaps 0-2,4-6,8,9,12
> alt_is_meta
> include "qwerty-layout"
> ken at ac30 ~ $
>
>  I imagine the comments might be ignored in counting lines, but your
> results might be very different.
>
>  If your uk.map.gz matches mine, perhaps kbd cannot handle the
> gzipped file for some reason.
>
> ĸen
gt the same output as you ken;  see below:-


bash-3.2# zcat /lib/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/uk.map.gz | head
# uk.map
# From bam at wcl-l.bham.ac.uk Fri May  2 20:20:59 1997
# reduced number of keymaps, adapted to alt_is_meta - aeb
#
# old: shift keycode 41 = asciitilde
# bam: shift keycode 41 = notsign
#
keymaps 0-2,4-6,8,9,12
alt_is_meta
include "qwerty-layout"
bash-3.2#

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