Type 6 Keyboard Problem [Ultra 5]

From: Peter D. Manina (pdmanina@mtu.edu)
Date: Tue Sep 19 2000 - 11:30:38 PDT

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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 14:30:38 -0400
From: "Peter D. Manina" <pdmanina@mtu.edu>
Subject: Type 6 Keyboard Problem [Ultra 5]

    Hello,

    I had a keyboard problem, and I think I have fixed it. I was wondering
    if anyone else had seen the same thing.

    I let my friend install Linux for the first time on my sparc. He only
    used YaST2, default partitioning, and installed nearly everything. The
    install finished fine, but we could not login. The keyboard would
    only produce the wrong characters. Rebooting did not help.
    I thought he missed up somewhere, and I was going to reinstall anyway.

    Today I did a similar install, YaST2 only, my partitions, my packages.
    I got the same keyboard problem, but I saw the keyboard map had
    shifted to the right q to w, a to s, etc. I got logged in as root, and
    fired up SAX. I selected the type 5 non euro keyboard, and restarted
    the x-server from the login screen. All was well, even after a reboot.

    YaST2 Setting
    English(US) (works in the test window, not to login or in terminals)

    SAX Setting
    Type 5 non euro

    System
    Ultra 5 (was running Solaris 8 just fine)
    Type 6 Keyboard (The one they give you with the low end systems now.)

    Thank you for your time and consideration.

    Sincerely,

    Peter D. Manina

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