Solaris Express Release Notes

Some Keyboard Layout Names in kdmconfig Have Changed (6372842)

Some of the keyboard layout names used by kdmconfig have changed. If one of these changed names is selected, the keyboard layout does not correctly set. The following error message is displayed:


From kdmconfig:
keyboard-layout-name> unknown layout name
Please refer to 'kbd -s' to get the supported layouts.
Error while executing loadkeys command.
Press Return to continue

The error occurs with the following keyboard layouts listed by kdmconfig:

Workaround: After running kdmconfig and selecting one of the affected layouts, perform the following steps:

  1. Log in as superuser.

  2. Issue the command # kbd -s.

    The kbd -s command displays valid keyboard layouts.

  3. Select the desired layout.