[SOLVED]Changing the KEYMAP in rc.conf

What values are you supposed to give it so that it will change to that keymap? I'm trying to change to the 'colemak' layout, I can't seem to do so.
If I'm already in x, this doesn't work:
setxkbmap colemak
but this does:
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I tried both 'colemak' and 'us -variant colemak' in rc.conf, but neither works.
Last edited by Hspasta (2012-01-07 06:40:55)

man rc.conf wrote:
KEYMAP=
Defines the keymap to load with the loadkeys program on boot. Possible
keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps. Please note that this
setting is only valid for your TTYs, not any graphical window managers
or X. KEYMAP in /etc/vconsole.conf takes precedence.
setxkbmap is for X.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/KEYMAP
KEYMAP="colemak"
should work according to the wiki.
Edit: The man for rc.conf is in initscripts 2012.01.2-1 - in [testing] atm.
Last edited by karol (2012-01-07 01:37:30)

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