Re: UK Currency Symbol in 7.2 Console

2009-06-01 Thread Graham Bentley
> From within which program? No program, just the standard shell CLI installed by doing a minimal install. You probably have to set the LC_CTYPE or LC_ALL environment variable to something suitable to make programs accept such characters. How to do this? Also, I dont understand why? In 7.1 I

Re: UK Currency Symbol in 7.2 Console

2009-06-01 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 08:28:51AM +0100, Graham Bentley wrote: > > keymap="uk.cp850" > Same here! > > > For reporting bugs: send-pr(1). > > This isn't a bug though, as my UK keyboard works fine on 7.2-RC2 > > Lets see thats 1 out 3 of us so far that this doesnt work for > - so ... thats not a

Re: UK Currency Symbol in 7.2 Console

2009-06-01 Thread Graham Bentley
keymap="uk.cp850" Same here! For reporting bugs: send-pr(1). This isn't a bug though, as my UK keyboard works fine on 7.2-RC2 Lets see thats 1 out 3 of us so far that this doesnt work for - so ... thats not a bug? Your problem can probably be fixed by: # vidcontrol -f 8x16 /usr/share/syscon

Re: UK Currency Symbol in 7.2 Console

2009-06-01 Thread Graham Bentley
keymap="german.iso" keyrate="fast" font8x14="iso-8x14" font8x16="iso-8x16" font8x8="iso-8x8" PT ~ I tried your settings above in /etc/rc.conf Still no pound signs Im afraid - just a beep :( ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.fr

Re: UK Currency Symbol in 7.2 Console

2009-05-31 Thread Frank Shute
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 09:10:25PM +0100, Graham Bentley wrote: > > Sorry to keep banging on about this but does anyone actually > have uk pound signs working in 7.2? What font and keymap > are you using? keymap="uk.cp850" I guess I use the corresponding syscons font file as I don't have a decla

Re: UK Currency Symbol in 7.2 Console

2009-05-31 Thread Polytropon
Hi Graham, I never thought that I could help you, but playing around a bit on the keyboard seemed to open up an interesting obervation: - £ - A working Pound sign! On Sun, 31 May 2009 21:10:25 +0100, "Graham Bentley" wrote: > Sorry to kee

Re: UK Currency Symbol in 7.2 Console

2009-05-31 Thread Wojciech Puchar
bugs or getting help with problem like this. Any advice appreciated even from Mr Puchar :)) who don't use UK keyboard and pound sign. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscr

Re: UK Currency Symbol in 7.2 Console

2009-05-31 Thread Graham Bentley
Sorry to keep banging on about this but does anyone actually have uk pound signs working in 7.2? What font and keymap are you using? And, what actually is the process for reporting bugs or getting help with problem like this. Any advice appreciated even from Mr Puchar :)) _

Fw: UK Currency Symbol in 7.2 Console

2009-05-30 Thread Graham Bentley
OK, this is where I am up to. I have plugged my 7.1 Release hard disc back in and I get £ signs no problem. So, I then unplug my KVM and mini keyboard and plug standard ps2 kb / ps2 mouse in. I do a minimal install of 7.2 Release from DVD and make sure I have uk.cp850 in my /etc/rc.conf Guess wha

Re: UK Currency Symbol in 7.2 Console - A Question actually about FreeBSD

2009-05-29 Thread Graham Bentley
Lars, Thanks for taking the time in your detailed reply and I will look into your suggestions however one thing about this eludes me ; I have never ever had to even think about this until 7.2 [ie in all previous verisons I chose uk.iso and swiss font - I always had £ key?] Thanks in any case (th

Re: UK Currency Symbol in 7.2 Console - A Question actually about FreeBSD

2009-05-29 Thread Lars Eighner
On Fri, 29 May 2009, Graham Bentley wrote: Hello All, Im still struggling with this one and have tried all I could find by Googling lists and forums. @ and " keys are fine as are every other key apart from £ symbol. Can anyone suggest ways to track this down. At 'Login:' I can actually get £ bu

Re: UK Currency Symbol in 7.2 Console - A Question actually about FreeBSD

2009-05-29 Thread bsd
Hi, I use a Macintosh as client host, but this could be any computer as long as you have a working keyboard configured. My shell is bash (latest port version). In my .bashrc I have included the following: # Display quoted characters stty cs8 -istrip -parenb bind 'set convert-meta off' bind

UK Currency Symbol in 7.2 Console - A Question actually about FreeBSD

2009-05-28 Thread Graham Bentley
Hello All, Im still struggling with this one and have tried all I could find by Googling lists and forums. @ and " keys are fine as are every other key apart from £ symbol. Can anyone suggest ways to track this down. At 'Login:' I can actually get £ but after loging I get a beep? I have tried var