Keyboard Layout

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This wiki page provides information on keyboard layouts and how to configure them in Kicksecure ™.
Kicksecure[edit]
Desktop Environment[edit]
Table: Desktop Keyboard Layout Change
Platform | Steps |
---|---|
Xfce |
To permanently change the keyboard layout, apply the following steps.
|
Graphical Terminal Emulator | Temporary until reboot.
setxkbmap de Note: To set the keyboard to your preferred language, run this command to list all possible layouts. [1] localectl list-x11-keymap-layouts |
Terminal[edit]
To change the keyboard layout. [2]
sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
Make the reconfigured keyboard-configuration change take effect.
sudo setupcon
Kicksecure-Qubes[edit]
To correctly apply changes system-wide via dom0
: [5]
System Tools
→Keyboard
→Layout
Alternatively, language localization input can be configured on a per VM basis.
If problems are encountered, see: My keyboard layout settings are not behaving correctly. What should I do? in the Qubes FAQ.
See Also[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
- ↑
setxkbmap Man Page
- ↑
French keyboards:
Perhaps an upstream bug.
( https://web.archive.org/web/20160519163403/https://free.nchc.org.tw/clonezilla-live/stable/Known-issues-Clonezilla-live.txt)
If you are using French Keymap, remember to use "Select keymap from full list":
1. Select keymap from full list
2. pc / azerty / French / Same as X11 (latin 9) /Standard - ↑
Alternative
/etc/default/keyboard
method:
Open file/etc/default/keyboard
in an editor with root rights. (Kicksecure ™ for Qubes: In Template)This box uses
sudoedit
for better security. This is an example and other tools could also achieve the same goal. If this example does not work for you or if you are not using Kicksecure ™, please refer to this link.sudoedit /etc/default/keyboard
- ↑
Alternative
loadkeys
method:
Temporary until reboot. sudo loadkeys de - ↑ The Qubes bug reporting the change does not propagate to other VMs
has now been resolved.