Bug 76190 – keyboard not handled correctily - for extended chars - in first time install script

• Product: Gentoo Release Media
• Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO

[Description braintje 2004-12-30 17:32:16 UTC]

Situation: When running first time install script, one has to choose a keyboard-layout (if not started with "no-keyboard")

If a key is pressed with extended characters (which result in reading TWO characters from the keyboard) only the last char can be deleted to correct the mistake.

example: press '@' on a belgian keyboard will result in :@^_ where only the ^ can be deleted

Solution: make a consistent inputroutine to read the keyboard out.

[Comment 1 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2004-12-31 06:59:46 UTC]

Which LiveCD is this?  What "install script" are you referring to?  Gentoo does not have an official installation script of any kind.

[Comment 2 braintje 2004-12-31 08:01:15 UTC]

Please refer to: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=2
;the textcomments after "CodeListing 4: Booting a LiveCD"
When one does NOT enter 'boot:gentoo nokeymap' ;the boot-script will ask later on to give the type of keymap one wants to load. (after videomode has been selected, modules are loaded, and filesystems are mounted)

The prompt commes up with '<< Load Keymap (Enter for default):_'
It's there that the script behaves wrong (as is: it doesn't handle extended chars correctly) [ try pressing some keys that generate extended info into the keyboardbufffer (@ # | ~ ...) ] You wont be able to wipe them out 

Environment: Universal LiveCD x86.2004.3 booted on Pentium 1-MMX233; 128Meg ram Intel 82439VX chipset

[Comment 3 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2004-12-31 08:12:17 UTC]

Alright... that is an issue with genkernel.  I am reassigning there for the genkernel team to check out.

[Comment 4 Tim Yamin (RETIRED) 2004-12-31 08:14:30 UTC]

Can you reproduce this with the busybox ash "read" builtin?

[Comment 5 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2005-05-04 05:56:55 UTC]

Please reopen with the requested information.