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Old 01-16-2008, 11:35 AM
Jorgen Moquist
 
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Default Re: Will removing keyboard drop Blade 2000 to OK prompt?

Dave wrote:
> I'd like to remove the keyboard that's plugged into my blade 2000. I
> know on the earlier machines this would almost certainly drop a Sun to
> the OK prompt. Will this happen on the Blade 2000, with its USB keyboard?
>
> Does anyone know the difference between the keyboards from different
> countries (US, UK, France etc)? Are there DIP switches inside which
> makes the keys produce a different character? Or some other way?
>
> Basically I have a US keyboard, but I'm in the UK. I'm trying to
> ascertain if I can convert it to a UK keyboard, so it produces the pound
> sign. If not, I'll have to buy one. I'll take it apart and check, but I
> don't want to shut the machine down.

# kbd -a alternate or kbd -a disable
will change keyboard <stop>+<a> sequence to <~>+<ctrl><b>
or disable it
and you can change keyboard safely.
if you want you can do # kbd -a enable after the change.
/Jorgen
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