In article <801416cf-432d-4328-8de2-33607339c19d@13g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
"BertieBigBollox@gmail.com" <BertieBigBollox@gmail.com> writes:
> Installed Solaris 9 on my Blade 1500 to which is attached a standard
> UK USB PC keyboard and mouse.
>
> Trouble is its not working properly. For starters (and most
> importantly!) I cant get the pipe character - instead I get ^@ when I
> hit the pipe key.
>
> Any ideas?

Try the ~ key ;-)

> Yes. I installed Solaris with UK support.

Was the keyboard plugged in when system was powered up? If not, try
doing that.

Don't have a Blade 1500 to try this out on and I'm not sure how this
is supposed to work (I thought USB keyboards were self-identifying),
but you might try: eeprom keyboard-layout=UK-English
and reboot.

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Andrew Gabriel
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