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<sect3 id="kbd-chooser">
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<title>Choosing a Keyboard</title>
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Keyboards are often tailored to the characters used in a language.
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Select a layout that conforms to the keyboard you are using, or
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select something close if the keyboard layout you want
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isn't represented. Once the system installation is complete, you'll be
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able to select a keyboard layout from a wider range of choices (run
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<command>kbdconfig</command> as root after you have completed the
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Move the highlight to the keyboard selection you desire and press
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&enterkey;. Use the arrow keys to move the highlight — they are
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in the same place in all national language keyboard layouts, so they
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are independent of the keyboard configuration. An 'extended' keyboard
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is one with <keycap>F1</keycap> through <keycap>F10</keycap> keys
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</para><para arch="mipsel">
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On DECstations there is currently no loadable keymap available,
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so you have to skip the keyboard selection and keep the default
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kernel keymap (LK201 US). This may change in the future as it
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depends on further Linux/MIPS kernel development.
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</para><para arch="powerpc">
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There are two keyboard layouts for US keyboards; the qwerty/mac-usb-us
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(Apple USB) layout will place the Alt function on the
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<keycap>Command/Apple</keycap> key (in the keyboard position next to
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the <keycap>space</keycap> key similar to <keycap>Alt</keycap> on
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PC keyboards), while the qwerty/us (Standard) layout will place the
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Alt function on the <keycap>Option</keycap> key (engraved with 'alt'
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on most Mac keyboards). In other respects the two layouts are similar.
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<note arch="sparc"><para>
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If you are installing on a system that has a Sun USB keyboard and have
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booted the installer with the default 2.4 kernel, the keyboard will not
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be identified correctly by the installation system. The installer will show
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you a list of Sun type keymaps to choose from, but selecting one of these
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will result in a non-working keyboard. If you are installing with the 2.6
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kernel, there is no problem.
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To get a working keyboard, you should boot the installer with parameter
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<userinput>debconf/priority=medium</userinput>. When you get to keyboard
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If you are installing at default priority you should use the <userinput>Go
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Back</userinput> button to return to the installer menu when you are shown
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the list of Sun type keymaps.
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</footnote>, choose <quote>No keyboard to configure</quote> if you have a
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keyboard with an American (US) layout, or choose <quote>USB keyboard</quote>
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if you have a keyboard with a localized layout. Selecting <quote>No keyboard
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to configure</quote> will leave the kernel keymap in place, which is correct