Hardware Considerations

Keyboards

Some HP Visualize Workstations are provided with the USB keyboard, others with the PS/2 keyboard. You will be prompted to select one of several keyboard languages when the Workstation boots for the first time. The selected keyboard language name is stored in the /etc/kbdlang file.

After the first boot you can use the keymap_ed utility to display the list of the available keyboard languages:

/usr/contrib/bin/X11/keymap_ed -l

Terminals

To properly handle characters, terminals must be set for the roman8 or iso8859-1 codeset. Most HP terminals handle the roman8 character set. However, support for the iso8859-1 character set varies by terminal and emulation type. Terminal codeset configuration is usually set via function keys. The actual procedure varies by model. Please refer to your Terminal documentation.

Printers and Plotters

Printers and plotters can be configured via the front panel to print using either the roman8 or iso8859-1 character sets. Please refer to your printer or plotter documentation for detailed procedures.