Qwerty to Azerty on the wizard. [SOLVED]

[Debadr]

Hi,

Did someone knows if it is possible to change the keyboard from QWERTY to AZERTY in the wizard (when the CD is lunched). We have AZERTY keyboards and for the installation we need to make it more user friendly for the persons who will install it.

Is there any change to make to the iso so the keyboard switch to azerty mode from the beginning ?

Thank you.

[fanthom]

this is harder than i thought

please remaster the ISO and edit 003-settings.xzm/etc/xdg/openbox/autostart then inject following code after original setxkbmap:

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# Set keyboard mapping:
setxkbmap -layout us,lay2 -variant ,var2 2>/dev/null

# Custom mapping just for the installation stage:
egrep -qo " first_run( |\$)" /proc/cmdline && setxkbmap fr

this trick should set french keyboard during installation and user choice (from the wizard) will be respected after installation.

[Debadr]

Your a genius !

Anyway you could explain to me this ? :

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egrep -qo " first_run( |\$)" /proc/cmdline && setxkbmap fr

thank you Fanthom .
PS: PKE is a project that i have to present to some huuuuge Tux-lovers , and i need a minimum of knowledge about anything what i've done on the iso so i can explain to them

[fanthom]

'first_run' is a parameter passed by the bootloader to the kernel command line. system searches for it and runs the wizard. after installation this flag is removed so wizard does not start anymore.

the code i posted sets up french keyboard mapping only when 'first_run' parameter is present (only during installation and not after it so this choice is not forced).

[Debadr]

Roger that.
Thank you Fanthom