On 20 May 1999 10:02:14 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> 
> Ken Nakata <knakata@itpjp.co.jp> writes:
> > > > This reminds me of ...: any word on i18nized console driver?
> > > 
> > > I thought the console driver *was* internationalized.
> > 
> > You mean, you can connect a keyboard of any language and Just Use It?
> 
> No, because there is no way for the hardware to find out what kind of
> keyboard it is a priori. HOWEVER, you can just use wsconsctl to set
> the keyboard type any time you like, so once you are booted, yes, you
> can tell the console driver to use any layout you wish -- French,
> German, U.K., whatever.

Ah.... OK.  F*ck IBM for not defining different IDs for different
language keyboards.

Thanks for the clarification,

Ken