Difference between revisions of "Console keyboard layout"

Revision as of 11:36, 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.

Use the above layouts to determine how to type in the commands to reset the keyboard.

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".

Instructions on how to change a keyboard layout via terminal are here.

sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup

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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.
+Use the above layouts to determine how to type in the commands to reset the keyboard.
 ==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 [http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/01/31/changing-the-system-keyboard-mapping-on-ubuntu-dvorak-vs-qwerty/ here].