Porteus

I can't type the euro sign in porteus. Both combinations are not valid:
Ctl-Alt-5 or AltGr-5 (right alt)

I know about the cheatcodes: kmap= and timezone= but can't solve the problem with this.

I use only: timezone=Europe/Amsterdam
Keyboards that we use are US-International (Euro symbol engraved on the 5 key)
With kmap=us the eurosign isn't usable. but as you look in the file it must be defined.

just checked and booting with 'kmap=nl' cheatcode and AltGr-e gives me € symbol.

kmap=nl mess ups other keys and the key on the keyboard (us-int) is located on the 5 key. But with kmap=nl there is also a symbol generated for AltGr-5 so I think I can solve the problem by modifing the us layout file. All symbols / buttons are right in that file except the eurosymbol.

Is there a pretty way to setxkbmap -rules xorg -layout "us" -variant "intl"
Don't tested yet if all keys are correct but something like this seems to solve the problem.
I mean can this command also be formated with the kmap cheatcode?
Now I use cliexec ore guiexec works the same but is a little longer in the string and the kmap cheatcode is designed for this task.

This problem I had already in my office. I solved it elegantly this way
Save it as setkbdus-int.sh, make it executable and put it in /rootcopy/etc/profile.d/ and reboot.

Good luck!

Now I use cliexec ore guiexec works the same but is a little longer in the string and the kmap cheatcode is designed for this task.

agree. for next porteus release i'll tweak 'kmap=' cheatcode so it'll be possible to use variants. the syntax will be: 'kamp=$layout:$variant' like 'kmap=us:intl'.

thanks for suggestion.

@Fanthom -- Don't forget to remember to add this possibility to web wizard

@Hamza
was talking about the ISO. up to you if you want to include kbd variants in web wizard (this may be tough as every layout has different variants).

Does somebody know the solution for the following error message?
Warning: No translation for (keysym 0x20ac, Eurosign)
This error happends when you press the eurosign when connected with rdp to a remote with rdesktop (included in porteus 2.1) or xfreerdp (1.0.2).

The solution for the eurosign worked for the porteus desktop but not for remote sessions with rdesktop or freerdp

It simply doesn't understand/support the character you have sent. Try with another special character to be sure.

True but that way I still haven't got a eurosign in a remote session.

Which charset you have set on software used to control the remote computer?

Fixed it with also defining the keyboard layout to the xfreerdp commandline string. Tnx
Btw what also was an issue was that the folder /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu wasn't in /etc/ld.so.conf
Not all libs requered for xfreerdp where loaded.