6.4.3 Growing Pains

[petermartinez]

I downloaded 6.4.3 to replace a very old Knoppix I used for many years, and was dissapointed to find that 'lang=uk' no longer works (the keyboard is dead if I try it). This is a nuisance for me here in England.

This may not be something new to 6.4.3. but could I ask here if there is a way to make lang=uk work for me.

Thanks
Peter

[utu]

I've never done this, but you might look at the following approach:

http://sluglug.ucsc.edu/pipermail/sl...ch/016706.html

Let us know if this is a viable approach or if you find another that is.

[petermartinez]

Thanks for the idea but I was hoping that there was some LINUX command that would do the same as the Knoppix 'lang=uk' cheatcode which worked before - I suppose that somewhere inside the box there is already the UK keyboard layout in a file and I just need to know how to switch to it each time I need to use Knoppix from the Live CD (which, for the moment, is only when I need to do some emergency repairs to Windows).

Why does 'lang=uk' not work now? Does it save some space on the CD? Are there only one or two Knoppix users in England so it's not worth it? The -EN version of Knoppix doesn't use the English keyboard but the American keyboard! Where would I go (which forum) to ask if 'lang=uk' could be put back into the next version?

regards
Peter

[utu]

This article presents a plausible story:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...ican_keyboards

Also, there is a language abbreviation standard where
en is 'international english' and and uk is 'Ukrainian'.

[petermartinez]

Yes, but the earlier Knoppix gave me a perfectly correct British keyboard when I entered 'knoppix lang=uk' at the boot: prompt, and it no longer does it (lang=uk makes the keyboard dead, not ukrainian). This is why I am hoping that the British keyboard file is still in there somewhere and there is a way to select it after booting.

Peter

[utu]

oops, gd for Gaelic, my bad.

The iso 639-1 list is here:

http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-...glish_list.php

Just fooling. You have a point.
Only Klaus knows the real answer.
I suspect the Windows argument is at the heart of it,
that there are many dialects of english.
Or was that Mr Shaw?

[utu]

Post #6 here seems to be of some help to you.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=253417