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Old 05-16-2004, 11:26 PM   #1
Santorres
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Question Changing my keyboard layout (language) globally by command (shell)




Sorry for the subject.. i did not know how to name it...

I`d like to know how to configure my keyboard layout by command.. Meant when working under KDE is already done, but inmediately i used any other window manager or just do not use X (GUI) my keyboard layout change... Can anyone explain where to change it globally ?

Thanks for your help....



 
Old 05-17-2004, 02:04 PM   #2
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To change it for all X Windows, in my case to danish:
Code:
Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard1"
    Driver      "Keyboard"
    Option "XkbLayout"  "dk"
    Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
    ....
EndSection
and for the console you need this in your startup scripts:
Code:
loadkeys dk
Depening on your distro, there maybe a smarter way of doing this, but loadkeys should work too.

I notice you are using knoppix too: for that you should press F2 at boot up the type:
Code:
knoppix lang=dk
 
  


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