Console keyboard layout
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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.
Use the above layouts to determine how to type in the commands to reset the keyboard.
Ubuntu 10.04
Easy Way
- Go to System - > Preferences -> Keyboard.
- Click over to "Layouts". This will display the current keyboard layouts.
- Click "Add"
- Select the "By Country" tab, then under "Country" select "United States", and "Variants" select "USA".
- Click "Add"
- Select the old layout a click "Remove".
Less Easy Way
Instructions on how to change a keyboard layout via terminal are here.
Ubuntu 8.04
sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup