kbdcontrol: map Backspace key to '\' fails
Oliver Fromme
olli at lurza.secnetix.de
Fri Oct 9 17:23:29 UTC 2009
Claus Assmann <> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 08, 2009, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> > Claus Assmann wrote:
> > > On FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE it seems to be impossible to map the Backspace
> > > key to '\' and '|'. Here's what I did:
>
> > > Change /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/us.unix.kbd:
> > > [...]
>
> > The diff looks good and should work fine.
>
> > Please use this command:
>
> > kbdcontrol -l us.unix.kbd < /dev/ttyv0
>
> Thanks, but that still doesn't give me '\' when I hit Backspace.
> Does it work for you?
I don't have a syscons console on a 7.2 machine in front
of me right now. But I've tested in on a 8-current machine,
and it does indeed work.
Best regards
Oliver
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