Keyboard Configuration
Choose the keyboard model that best fits your system (see Figure 3-8). If you cannot find an exact match, choose the best Generic match for your keyboard type (for example, Generic 101-key PC).
Next, choose the correct layout type for your keyboard (for example, U.S. English).
Creating special characters with multiple keystrokes (such as �, �, and �) is done using "dead keys" (also known as compose key sequences). Dead keys are enabled by default. If you do not wish to use them, select Disable dead keys.
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The following example will help you determine if you need dead keys enabled. An example of a dead key is the backspace (^H) key on a US English 101 Standard Keyboard. Dead keys are not exclusive to non-English keyboards. |
To test your keyboard configuration, use the blank text field at the bottom of the screen to enter text.
Once you have made the appropriate selections, click Next to continue.
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To change your keyboard type after you have installed Red Hat Linux, log in as root and use the /usr/sbin/kbdconfig command. Alternatively, you can type setup at the root prompt. To become root, type su - at the shell prompt in a
terminal window and then press |
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To re-enable dead keys (assuming you chose to disable them during the installation), you must comment out the line disabling dead keys in the XF86Config-4 file (or, it you are using XFree86 version 3, the XF86Config file) in /etc/X11. An InputDevice section, that would disable dead keys on a keyboard layout that used dead keys (for example, German), would look similar to the following:
By default, the keyboard layout for various languages which use dead keys should have them enabled unless the nodeadkeys option is present. |