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Keyboard Support in the Solaris 9 ProductSolaris recognizes and supports various keyboards with different key layouts made for specific regions, and layout support for both Sun SPARC and Intel Architecture (IA) platforms. Solaris 9 supports the regional keyboards listed in the following table: Table 3–14 Support for Regional Keyboards
For regions with keyboard layouts that conform to the International Standard, such as China, use the keyboard layout support provided for the U.S.A. to input the locale's characters. The underlying keyboard mappings are identical. Some countries, like Japan, Turkey, and Switzerland have multiple keyboards, because multiple languages are being used, or because multiple keyboard layouts exist. Sun Type 4, 5, and 5c keyboards use Sun I/O interfaces through a Mini DIN 8–pin connection. Sun Type 6 keyboards have two versions of interfaces:
Sun keyboard types are printed on the back of each Sun keyboard. PC keyboards use various interfaces, such as PS/2 or USB, for example. Changing Between Keyboards on SPARC SystemsUsers can change keyboard layouts in the Solaris product by using the DIP switch settings under most of Sun Type 4, 5 and 5c keyboards. A list of keyboard type, names and corresponding layout ids that can be used for the DIP switch settings is in the /usr/openwin/share/etc/keytables/keytable.map file. Note – Users cannot change the layouts of Type 6 keyboards because there are no DIP switches at the back of the keyboards. Some Type 5 and 5c keyboards, for instance, U.S.A., U.S.A./UNIX, and Japanese keyboards have jumpers instead of DIP switches. There are no utilities or tools for both SPARC and IA platforms (apart from a standard UNIX tool, like xmodmap(1)) bundled into the Solaris 9 operating environment for switching keyboards. The following is a table of the layout id values for Type 4, 5, and 5c keyboards. (1 = switch up, 0 = switch down). Table 3–15 Layouts for Type 4, 5, and 5c Keyboards
Keytable file names with 4 are for a Type 4 keyboard. Keytable file names with 5 are for a Type 5 keyboard. Changing the layout from one keyboard layout to another layout (Czech for example), requires the following steps:
Note – Unlike Type 4 keyboards, Type 5 and 5c keyboards have only five DIP switches. For the Type 5 and 5c keyboards, disregard the first binary digit. For the Czech Type 5c keyboard, for example, the correct DIP switch settings are “Up Down Up Down Up”, using only the last five digits from 10101. Changing Between Keyboards on Intel SystemsOn Intel architecture systems, a keyboard is selected during the kdmconfig(1M) part of the installation. To change this at any time after installation, first exit your GUI desktop environment to the command-line mode. As superuser, type kdmconfig to run the program. Follow the instructions to get the desired keyboard layout. Keyboard Layout IllustrationsThe following figure shows the Arabic keyboard. Figure 3–1 Arabic Keyboard
The following figure shows the Belgian keyboard. Figure 3–2 Belgian Keyboard
The following figure shows the Cyrillic keyboard. Figure 3–3 Cyrillic (Russian) Keyboard
The following figure shows the Danish keyboard. Figure 3–4 Danish Keyboard
The following figure shows the Finnish keyboard. Figure 3–5 Finnish Keyboard
The following figure shows the French keyboard. Figure 3–6 French Keyboard
The following figure shows the German keyboard. Figure 3–7 German Keyboard
The following figure shows the Italian keyboard. Figure 3–8 Italian Keyboard
The following figure shows the Japanese keyboard, Figure 3–9 Japanese Keyboard
The following shows the Korean keyboard, Figure 3–10 Korean Keyboard
The following shows the Netherlands (Dutch) keyboard, Figure 3–11 Netherlands (Dutch) Keyboard
The following figure shows the Norwegian keyboard. Figure 3–12 Norwegian Keyboard
The following figure shows the Portuguese keyboard. Figure 3–13 Portuguese Keyboard
The following figure shows the Spanish keyboard. Figure 3–14 Spanish Keyboard
The following figure shows the Swedish keyboard. Figure 3–15 Swedish Keyboard
The following figure shows Swiss (French) keyboard. Figure 3–16 Swiss (French) Keyboard
The following figure shows the Swiss (German) keyboard. Figure 3–17 Swiss (German) Keyboard
The following figure shows the Traditional Chinese keyboard. Figure 3–18 Traditional Chinese Keyboard
The following figure shows the Turkish F keyboard. Figure 3–19 Turkish F Keyboard
The following figure shows the Turkish Q keyboard. Figure 3–20 Turkish Q Keyboard
The following figure shows the United Kingdom keyboard. Figure 3–21 United Kingdom Keyboard
The following figure shows the United States keyboard. Figure 3–22 United States Keyboard
The following figure shows the U.S.A./UNIX keyboard. Figure 3–23 U.S.A./UNIX Keyboard
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