Difference between revisions of "Console keyboard layout"
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| − | Sometimes an adopter will change the console keyboard layout. This can happen when | + | Sometimes an adopter will change the console keyboard layout. This can happen when a user changes their language, accidentally or intentionally. |
| − | + | You will need to find a keymap for different layouts. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout Wikipedia] has an excellent article on this. Specific layouts are below. | |
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| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#QWERTY_based_layouts_for_Latin_script Qwerty] | ||
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| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#Dvorak Dvorak] | ||
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| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#Keyboard_layouts_for_non-Latin_alphabetic_scripts Non Latin Scripts] - i.e. Arabic, Greek, Russian etc. | ||
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| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#East_Asian_languages East Asian Languages] - i.e. Chinese, Japanese, Korean. | ||
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| + | [http://dvice.com/archives/2009/01/klingon_keyboar.php Klingon] - Note : Graphic only. | ||
Hint: Make sure you know how to type in your password first. | Hint: Make sure you know how to type in your password first. | ||
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| + | ==10.04== | ||
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| + | Instructions on how to change a keyboard layout via terminal are [http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/01/31/changing-the-system-keyboard-mapping-on-ubuntu-dvorak-vs-qwerty/ here]. | ||
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== Ubuntu 8.04 == | == Ubuntu 8.04 == | ||
sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup | sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup | ||
[[Category: Tech support]] | [[Category: Tech support]] | ||
Revision as of 10:21, 25 October 2011
Sometimes an adopter will change the console keyboard layout. This can happen when a user changes their language, accidentally or intentionally.
You will need to find a keymap for different layouts. Wikipedia has an excellent article on this. Specific layouts are below.
Non Latin Scripts - i.e. Arabic, Greek, Russian etc.
East Asian Languages - i.e. Chinese, Japanese, Korean.
Klingon - Note : Graphic only.
Hint: Make sure you know how to type in your password first.
10.04
Instructions on how to change a keyboard layout via terminal are here.
Ubuntu 8.04
sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup