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Re: SuSE 10.2 and LOADNATIONALKEYB=1
Peter_22@xxxxxx wrote:
> > kbd_mode -a
> > loadkeys /boot/usb/default.kmap
> > gpg --decrypt </boot/usb/rootkey.gpg
>
> Right this does it! So after all you do not only need the right keyfile
> but also the right keymap. Could the built-initrd.sh take care of this?
> I mean check the current language and encodings. Or at least some test?
How is the script going to know what live-CD you are going to boot next, and
what character encoding defaults that live-CD uses?
> So you would advise me to avoid euro signs? How about others like the
> greek mue or german ue? How about spaces in passphrases? I ever tried to
> choose strong combinations but now I get unsettled by all this.
µ and ü seemed to have correct encoding in both text console and X windows.
But not all distros use same encoding, Knoppix default: ISO8859-15, SUSE
default: UTF-8.
> How do I shift between ISO8859-15 and ISO8859-1?
You select some keyboard layout file at distro install time.
> How can I find out which kbd_mode is used at the time initrd script asks
> for the passphrase at boot time?
My current understanding is that keyboard mode is always ASCII at kernel
boot. Distro init scripts then change the default to something else.
> This "lang=en_US" means that I start with us keymap and change this at the
> point when the german default.kmap is loaded, right? How about kbd_mode?
UTF8KEYBMODE=1 in build-initrd.sh config sets keyboard to UTF-8 mode before
passphrase is asked.
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