andrew@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel) writes:

>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.

Many USB keyboards are not self-identifying; Sun keyboards are.

I'm not exactly sure why keyboards need any identiifcation; why can't they
just send what's on the key caps?


Casper
--
Expressed in this posting are my opinions. They are in no way related
to opinions held by my employer, Sun Microsystems.
Statements on Sun products included here are not gospel and may
be fiction rather than truth.