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#1 2014-02-12 21:52:58
- weylik
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[SOLVED] Setting keymap failing
Hi all, this has been an issue that just started plaguing me on a new install of Arch.
Everything's setup, I'm using Openbox and it's all ok but setting the keymap to "uk" doesn't work. I've been searching all around for about two hours on the wiki, google etc and nothings worked. I'v eset my locale correctly (the output of 'locale' reads "en_GB.UTF-8" for all but the last, /etc/vconsole.conf reads 'KEYMAP="uk"', localectl has the correct locale and says both keymaps are 'uk', rc.conf and 'xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf' has the keymap set to 'uk') I've logged in and out as well as rebooted and nothing seems to have changed. The command 'loadkeys uk' doesn't load the UK keymap either which is is usually failsafe. I'm using an IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad SL300 (which uses Ideapad firmware). Any help is appreciated, thanks.
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#2 2014-02-12 22:26:31
- alphaniner
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Re: [SOLVED] Setting keymap failing
Well, loadkeys is for the console. Are you unable to configure/set that either? And 10-evdev.conf isn't the [wiki] recommended way to configure X keymap. Have you run setxkbmap manually with -verbose flag, or checked your X log or X stderr for details on what's going wrong?
But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist.
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#3 2014-02-12 22:33:17
- weylik
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Re: [SOLVED] Setting keymap failing
Brilliant, that worked. Thanks. Turns out the UK keyboard is called 'gb' in setxkbmap and the model I nneeded was 'asus_laptop'. I presume I can add it to .xinitrc to make it persistant?
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#4 2014-02-12 22:37:35
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Re: [SOLVED] Setting keymap failing
You could do that, but you might also check out the other methods in the wiki.
But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist.
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#5 2014-02-12 22:40:18
- weylik
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Re: [SOLVED] Setting keymap failing
I'll use the config file in xorg.conf.d method. Thanks again.
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#6 2014-02-12 22:41:06
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Re: [SOLVED] Setting keymap failing
Don't forget to mark the thread Solved.
But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist.
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