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Solaris 10 keyboard problem

Im runing Solaris 10 - but im having problems with the keyboard.

Instead of - i get /, and instead of y i get z, etc. I tried changing every option in the menu "Keyboard Behaviour". I also tried changing kmdconfig from xorg to xsun, but then the graphics goes all wild and ugly - although the keyboard works fine then. Also cant change resolution in xsun mode.

By the way, im runing Solaris from Vmware, but i doubt this has anything to do with this.

Solution

  • Leave the graphic environment to the console:

    dtconfig -d
dtconfig -reset

    Select the correct keyboard layout you use:

    kbd -s

    Load it:

    loadkeys

    Check the keys are working properly. If okay, enable the graphical environment again:

    dtconfig -e

    If that still works, make that choice persistent after a reboot by updating your eeprom. eg:

    eeprom kbd-type=Spanish