change keyboard layout in console

danielfisica · 05-31-2004, 08:58 AM

hello everybody

,

I'd like to know how I can change keyboard layout in console mode

, could you please help me?

thanks for your time

slaken · 05-31-2004, 10:36 AM

man loadkeys

PJota · 05-31-2004, 01:52 PM

I've tried to do this, but it didn't work.

I have the Slackware 9.0 and a ABNT2 keyboard,

I decompressed an ABNT2 map.gz and reading the .map,
this file has the CCedilha key (code 38 with keymaps), that's ok.

But running loadkeys <kbmap> nothing changes.

Thanks,

PJota

Raskolnikov · 05-31-2004, 02:03 PM

Try loading the keymap without uncompress it...

I have a french keymap, and loadkeys /usr/share/keymaps/i386/azerty/fr-latin1.map.gz works fine

pethead · 03-21-2013, 07:50 AM

What is a hotkey to switch between languages?

mina86 · 03-21-2013, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pethead

What is a hotkey to switch between languages?

In console? There's none.

And back to the question, take a look at /etc/rc.d/rc.keymap.

Didier Spaier · 03-21-2013, 06:51 PM

I was about to answer when I realized that this thread is almost 9 years old...

pethead · 03-21-2013, 10:05 PM

Even MS-DOS has a hotkey to switch between languages. But Linux console hasn't?
May be hotkey is right Ctrl-Alt?

gor0 · 06-09-2014, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Didier Spaier

I was about to answer when I realized that this thread is almost 9 years old...

...

Soderlund · 06-10-2014, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pethead

Even MS-DOS has a hotkey to switch between languages. But Linux console hasn't?
May be hotkey is right Ctrl-Alt?

The closest thing I can think of is adding loadkeys to sudoers and creating aliases, but note that the language will change for all users when you use loadkeys.

Code:

alias q="sudo loadkeys qwerty"
alias d="sudo loadkeys dvorak"

Or you can use "su -c 'loadkeys ...'", but that will prompt for the root password.

In X you use setxkbmap.

BryanFRitt · 08-05-2014, 09:44 AM

# in ~/.bashrc aka $HOME/.bashrc aka /home/$USER/.bashrc, add something like (add `sudo` if needed?)

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...21#post5215521
# to switch between keyboards use the first 4 keys on the 'home' row.

Code:

alias asdf="loadkeys dvorak" # to go from qwerty to the next keyboard layout, dvorak
alias aoeu="loadkeys qwerty" # to go from dvorak to the next keyboard layout, qwerty

# You can do this to cycle between several keyboard layouts, so long as the first for keys are different

# or you could try one of these commands:

Code:

alias asdf="loadkeys /usr/lib/kbd/keytables/dvorak.map"
alias aoeu="loadkeys /usr/lib/kbd/keytables/us.map"

Code:

alias asdf="setxkbmap -layout us -variant dvorak"
alias aoeu="setxkbmap -layout us -variant basic"

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Quote:

I was about to answer when I realized that this thread is almost 9 years old...

sounds like a contradiction somewhere

Roman Dyaba · 03-07-2021, 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danielfisica

hello everybody

,

I'd like to know how I can change keyboard layout in console mode

, could you please help me?

thanks for your time

Example:
For Russian lang (cplk switch) :

edit file:
# nano /etc/rc.d/rc.keymap

Code:

# /etc/rc.d/rc.keymap
#
loadkeys /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/ruwin_cplk-UTF-8.map.gz

Where Examaple:
# ls /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty

Code:

bashkir.map.gz		es-cp850.map.gz		la-latin1.map.gz  ru-ms.map.gz		     sk-prog-qwerty.map.gz
bg-cp1251.map.gz	es.map.gz		lt.baltic.map.gz  ru-yawerty.map.gz	     sk-qwerty.map.gz
bg-cp855.map.gz		et-nodeadkeys.map.gz	lt.l4.map.gz	  ru.map.gz		     speakup-jfw.map.gz
bg_bds-cp1251.map.gz	et.map.gz		lt.map.gz	  ru1.map.gz		     speakup-jfw.readme
bg_bds-utf8.map.gz	fi-latin1.map.gz	mk-cp1251.map.gz  ru2.map.gz		     speakupmap.map.gz
bg_pho-cp1251.map.gz	fi-latin9.map.gz	mk-utf.map.gz	  ru3.map.gz		     sr-cy.map.gz
bg_pho-utf8.map.gz	fi-old.map.gz		mk.map.gz	  ru4.map.gz		     sv-latin1.map.gz
br-abnt.map.gz		fi.map.gz		mk0.map.gz	  ru_win.map.gz		     tj_alt-UTF8.map.gz
br-abnt2.map.gz		gr-pc.map.gz		nl.map.gz	  ruwin_alt-CP1251.map.gz    tr_q-latin5.map.gz
br-latin1-abnt2.map.gz	gr.map.gz		nl2.map.gz	  ruwin_alt-KOI8-R.map.gz    tralt.map.gz
br-latin1-us.map.gz	hu101.map.gz		no-latin1.doc	  ruwin_alt-UTF-8.map.gz     trf.map.gz
by-cp1251.map.gz	hypermap.m4		no-latin1.map.gz  ruwin_cplk-CP1251.map.gz   trq.map.gz
by.map.gz		il-heb.map.gz		no.map.gz	  ruwin_cplk-KOI8-R.map.gz   ttwin_alt-UTF-8.map.gz
bywin-cp1251.map.gz	il-phonetic.map.gz	pc110.map.gz	  ruwin_cplk-UTF-8.map.gz    ttwin_cplk-UTF-8.map.gz
cf.map.gz		il.map.gz		pl.map.gz	  ruwin_ct_sh-CP1251.map.gz  ttwin_ct_sh-UTF-8.map.gz
cz-cp1250.map.gz	is-latin1-us.map.gz	pl1.map.gz	  ruwin_ct_sh-KOI8-R.map.gz  ttwin_ctrl-UTF-8.map.gz
cz-lat2-prog.map.gz	is-latin1.map.gz	pl2.map.gz	  ruwin_ct_sh-UTF-8.map.gz   ua-cp1251.map.gz
cz-lat2.map.gz		it-ibm.map.gz		pl3.map.gz	  ruwin_ctrl-CP1251.map.gz   ua-utf-ws.map.gz
cz-qwerty.map.gz	it.map.gz		pl4.map.gz	  ruwin_ctrl-KOI8-R.map.gz   ua-utf.map.gz
defkeymap.map.gz	it2.map.gz		pt-latin1.map.gz  ruwin_ctrl-UTF-8.map.gz    ua-ws.map.gz
defkeymap_V1.0.map.gz	jp106.map.gz		pt-latin9.map.gz  se-fi-ir209.map.gz	     ua.map.gz
dk-latin1.map.gz	kazakh.map.gz		pt.map.gz	  se-fi-lat6.map.gz	     uk.map.gz
dk.map.gz		ko.map.gz		ro.map.gz	  se-ir209.map.gz	     us-acentos.map.gz
emacs.map.gz		ky_alt_sh-UTF-8.map.gz	ro_std.map.gz	  se-lat6.map.gz	     us.map.gz
emacs2.map.gz		kyrgyz.map.gz		ru-cp1251.map.gz  se-latin1.map.gz

applicate changes:
# bash /etc/rc.d/rc.keymap
change for every boot:
# chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.keymap (or "chmod -x" for disable)

pan64 · 03-08-2021, 02:45 AM

necro thread, do not post here

Roman Dyaba · 03-08-2021, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

necro thread, do not post here

you LQ guru, but Linux is stream river.

Reason:
path to keyboard maps was changed in Slackware 15 !

Also slackware forum path most is slackware-14 in LQ ?

Reason:
Slackware 15 (pre) now.

You Linux kernel is outdated !
Reason:
You use Ubuntu.

You use Slackware 15.0 now ?
Reason:
I use actual situation. I work in Slackware 15.0 every day.
I have actual Linux Kernel now !

Code:

bash-5.1# neofetch
                  :::::::                      root@bluebot.walle 
            :::::::::::::::::::                ------------------ 
         :::::::::::::::::::::::::             OS: Slackware 15.0 amd64 x86_64 
       ::::::::cllcccccllllllll::::::          Kernel: 5.10.21 
    :::::::::lc               dc:::::::        Uptime: 3 hours, 45 mins 
   ::::::::cl   clllccllll    oc:::::::::      Packages: 1227 (pkgtool) 
  :::::::::o   lc::::::::co   oc::::::::::     Shell: bash 5.1.4 
 ::::::::::o    cccclc:::::clcc::::::::::::    Resolution: 1024x768 
 :::::::::::lc        cclccclc:::::::::::::    DE: Xfce 4.16 
::::::::::::::lcclcc          lc::::::::::::   WM: Xfwm4 
::::::::::cclcc:::::lccclc     oc:::::::::::   Theme: GTK+ [GTK2], Adwaita [GTK3] 
::::::::::o    l::::::::::l    lc:::::::::::   Icons: Adwaita [GTK2/3] 
 :::::cll:o     clcllcccll     o:::::::::::    Terminal: xfce4-terminal 
 :::::occ:o                  clc:::::::::::    Terminal Font: Monospace 12 
  ::::ocl:ccslclccclclccclclc:::::::::::::     CPU: AMD Athlon X2 Dual BE-2300 (2) @ 1.900GHz 
   :::oclcccccccccccccllllllllllllll:::::      GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 
    ::lcc1lcccccccccccccccccccccccco::::       Memory: 742MiB / 1975MiB 
      ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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bassmadrigal · 03-08-2021, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roman Dyaba

Also slackware forum path most is slackware-14 in LQ ?

This has nothing to do with the version of Slackware. It's been slackware-14 even when Slackware was on v7.

You should let dead threads lie. There was no reason to respond to this topic. The answer was posted and it was done. If someone runs into a similar issue, they can find this thread and see the rc.keymap reference and check it on their system and make the required changes.

If we went through and updated all previous posts with current information, it'd be never ending and would flood the forum with posts that have no bearing on what people need today.