3.6 Localized keyboard layouts

KEYBOARD_LOCALE

Default Setting: KEYBOARD_LOCALE='auto'

If you sometimes work directly at the router's console you will appreciate a localized keyboard layout. With KEYBOARD_LOCALE='auto', fli4l tries to find a keyboard layout that is compatible with the LOCALE setting. With KEYBOARD_LOCALE='', no keyboard layout will be installed on the fli4l router, causing the kernel's default layout to be used. Alternatively, you may set the variable to the name of a local keyboard layout map. If you e.g. use KEYBOARD_LOCALE='de-latin1', the build process checks whether there is a file named de-latin1.map in the directory opt/etc. If this is the case, this file will be used when configuring the keyboard layout.

OPT_MAKEKBL

Default Setting: OPT_MAKEKBL='no'

If you want to create a map file for your keyboard, you have to proceed as follows:

Set OPT_MAKEKBL to `yes'.
Invoke 'makekbl.sh' on the router. Preferably, you use a SSH connection as the keyboard layout changes and this can be quite annoying.
Follow the instructions.
You will find your new <locale>.map file in /tmp.
The tasks to be done directly on the router are now completed.
Copy the keyboard layout map you have just created to your fli4l directory under opt/etc/<locale>.map. If you now set KEYBOARD_LOCALE='<locale>', your freshly created keyboard layout will be used when building the fli4l images the next time.
Don't forget to set OPT_MAKEKBL to `no' again.