Bug 75050 – Keyboard selection issue with LiveCDs <-> handbook

• Product: [OLD] Docs-user
• Status: RESOLVED INVALID

[Description Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2004-12-20 06:43:21 UTC]

In an e-mail I got by Berno Loewer:

"""
there is some error in the installation handbook for Gentoo 2004.3
(the error is based on an error in the x86-universal LiveCD (don't
know if this is true for the other CDs):

The handbook and the CD say "- nokeymap      disables keymap selection
for non-us keyboard layouts" (Chapter 2.c. Download, Burn and Boot a
Gentoo LiveCD) which would suggest that leaving out this parameter
would leave the keyboard layout selection enabled.

This is wrong. Without parameters there is no keyboard layout selection.

There is a parameter called "dokeymap" which enables keboard layout
selection (like with the 2004.2-CDs).

I found this when booting the CD for intallation (i use the german
keyboard layout...).

It would be good to integrate a hint on that into the gentoo
documentation.
"""

[Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2004-12-22 14:08:10 UTC]

releng team, is this valid? If so, please hand us the dokeymap line from the LiveCD so we can adjust the handbook. If not, mark as INVALID.

[Comment 2 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2004-12-26 07:09:19 UTC]

The dokeymap is now default.  This is INVALID.  I gave you the exact line from the LiveCD for a reason, keymap selection is default and we even have new documentation in Chapter 2.c. "If you are installing Gentoo on a system with a non-US keyboard, make sure you press F2 to switch to verbose mode and follow the prompt."