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nXqd

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Registered: 2010-07-01

Posts: 173

[solved] wrong keymap

I made a big mistake that I've changed the wrong keymap in rc.conf file. So now, the keyboard works weird so I can't even login the system to roll back the mistake

Last edited by nXqd (2012-04-18 05:38:29)

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alphaniner

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From: Ancapistan

Registered: 2010-07-12

Posts: 2,810

Re: [solved] wrong keymap

Cool story, bro.  Boot a liveCD or installer and fix it, or figure out what each key does.

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nXqd

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Registered: 2010-07-01

Posts: 173

Re: [solved] wrong keymap

lolz, I try to figure out what each key does but it's super weird so I give up ... And I still don't have any usb or arch cd at the moment

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alphaniner

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From: Ancapistan

Registered: 2010-07-12

Posts: 2,810

Re: [solved] wrong keymap

I don't know if this is the best way, but it works.  I tested it in a VM.

1) Boot as root.
2) After you get a shell, remount / read write:

$ mount -o remount,rw /

3) Fix rc.conf
4) Remount / read only:

$ mount -o remount,ro /

5) Reboot.  I had to hard reboot, on a physical machine you could probably use REISUB.

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But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist.
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nXqd

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Registered: 2010-07-01

Posts: 173

Re: [solved] wrong keymap

thanks so much, it works flawlessly You've saved stupid me, hehe

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Gcool

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Registered: 2011-08-16

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Re: [solved] wrong keymap

Good to hear you've fixed it.

Don't forget to mark your thread as [SOLVED].

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nXqd

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Registered: 2010-07-01

Posts: 173

Re: [solved] wrong keymap

@Gcool: Yay ! Done

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