PPC: international keymaps for 6.4-ppc

Support knowledgebase (olh_ppc_international_keymaps)
Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 6.4
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Request:

The SuSE Linux 6.4-ppc has no international keymaps for X11 available or the maps are completly broken.

Procedure:

Please update some relevant files:

The files can be downloaded from our FTP server:

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/BETA/xsfb.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/6.4/a1/kbd.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/BETA/xkb_update.tar.gz

Download an install the files with the following commands:

su -
rpm -Uvh /path/to/xsfb.rpm
rpm -Uvh /path/to/kbd.rpm
cd /
tar xfvz /path/to/xkb_update.tar.gz
yast
rckbd start
rcxsfb start
Please use YaST to setup the correct keymap for your PowerMac, use the mac-* keymaps. After that, restart the kbd and the framebuffer configuration.
Now you can use startx to start the X11 envoirement.


See also:
o PPC: configure the framebuffer device for XFree86 3.3.6

Keywords: PPC, POWERPC, APPLE, MACINTOSH, MAC, KEYMAP

Categories: Power PC

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