Keyboard Layout

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 |
Wayland | TBD. Differs depending on the Wayland compositor in use. Usually can be set using DE-specific tools, may require editing a configuration file and then restarting the compositor to make changes take effect.
|
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.Select your platform.
Kicksecure
See Open File with Root Rights for detailed instructions on why using
sudoedit
improves security and how to use it.Note: Mousepad (or the chosen text editor) must be closed before running the
sudoedit
command.sudoedit /etc/default/keyboard
Kicksecure-Qubes
Notes:
- When using Kicksecure-Qubes, this must be done inside the Template.
sudoedit /etc/default/keyboard
- After applying this change, shut down the Template.
- All App Qubes based on the Template need to be restarted if they were already running.
- This is a general procedure required for Qubes and is unspecific to Kicksecure-Qubes.
Others and Alternatives
Notes:
- This is just an example. Other tools could achieve the same goal.
- If this example does not work for you, or if you are not using Kicksecure, please refer to Open File with Root Rights.
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.

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