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| Captain Dondo 2005-09-15, 7:46 am |
| How do I change the default keyboard layout?
My default location is en_US but my keyboard is jp106. I've grepped
various /etc files but I can't find where the keyboard is set on boot.
Thanks..
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| On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 05:48:18 -0700, Captain Dondo
<yan@NsOeSiPnAeMr.com> wrote in alt.os.linux.debian:
> How do I change the default keyboard layout?
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> My default location is en_US but my keyboard is jp106. I've grepped
> various /etc files but I can't find where the keyboard is set on boot.
The available keymaps are in /usr/share/keymaps/
The boottime keymap is in /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz
To change your default keymap, use
# dpkg-reconfigure console-data
PJR :-)
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| Captain Dondo 2005-09-21, 5:48 pm |
| On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 14:46:39 +0100, PJR wrote:
> The available keymaps are in /usr/share/keymaps/
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> The boottime keymap is in /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz
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> To change your default keymap, use
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> # dpkg-reconfigure console-data
Thanks, worked like a charm.
But of course, there's more:
I need to change keyboard layout from ja_JP to en_US to cs_CZ on occasion.
Being a recent convert from Fedora, I used a little widget called gkb...
Is there anything similar?
A greater question - what is the equivalent of 'yum provides [appname]'
for apt-get? In other words, I can say 'yum provides gkb' and get a list
of packages that provide gkb.... How can I do that with apt-get/dpkg?
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| On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 07:03:40 -0700, Captain Dondo
<yan@NsOeSiPnAeMr.com> wrote in alt.os.linux.debian:
> On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 14:46:39 +0100, PJR wrote:
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> Thanks, worked like a charm.
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> But of course, there's more:
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> I need to change keyboard layout from ja_JP to en_US to cs_CZ on occasion.
> Being a recent convert from Fedora, I used a little widget called gkb...
> Is there anything similar?
loadkeys is the command-line tool. KDE provides an applet for
switching between internationalization configurations, and other
desktops or window-managers may provide something similar.
> A greater question - what is the equivalent of 'yum provides [appname]'
> for apt-get? In other words, I can say 'yum provides gkb' and get a list
> of packages that provide gkb.... How can I do that with apt-get/dpkg?
I'm not sure, but you could look at the man pages for apt-cache and
apt-file.
PJR :-)
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