Alexay,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for your response. I used to have Farsi keyboard on Linux Ubuntu, but now I am not sure if there is any Frasi keyboard other than the "fa" keymap that works on Arch Linux.</div><div><br></div><div>Could you point me to where to start if I want to fix the "fa" keymap?</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>-Pooya</div><div><br></div><div><br>On Saturday, March 20, 2021, Alexey Gladkov <<a href="mailto:gladkov.alexey@gmail.com">gladkov.alexey@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 06:54:12PM -0500, Pooya Taherkhani wrote:<br>
> Hi there,<br>
> <br>
> I cannot load Farsi keymap because a decision was made here:<br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://lists.altlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/kbd" target="_blank">https://lists.altlinux.org/<wbr>mailman/listinfo/kbd</a><br>
> <br>
> to prevent it from loading. Interestingly, a secondary reason cited by<br>
> Michael Schutte to prevent the Farsi keyboard from loading is (from link<br>
> above):<br>
> <br>
> As far as I can tell, there are no widespread keymap files which use<br>
> this feature.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> I'd greatly appreciate it if anybody could direct me to some instructions<br>
> on how to load Farsi keyboard.<br>
> <br>
> Here is the command that I enter and the error I get:<br>
> <br>
> [pooya@thinkpad ~] sudo loadkeys fa<br>
> [sudo] password for pooya:<br>
> unicode keysym out of range: U+FDFC<br>
> syntax error, unexpected ERROR, expecting NUMBER or LITERAL or PLUS or<br>
> UNUMBER<br>
<br>
The keymap you are trying to load is not valid. The linux kernel cannot<br>
handle keysym greater than 0xf000. You need to fix this and then the<br>
keymap will load.<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Rgrds, legion<br>
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