[SOLVED]Can't change Keyboard-Layout

reach44 · 2009-05-13 19:06:34

Hi,

after I installed Arch at my Dell Latitude 6400 I can only change my keyboard layout with

# setxkbmap de

I've added this command to my ./~xinitrc but it didn't work.
I have also edited my xorg.conf but nothing worked. http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … onfigure_X

Can anyone help me?

Last edited by reach44 (2009-05-14 09:45:02)

evr · 2009-05-13 19:10:56

have you tried modifying the keymap in the hal config file?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xor … figuration

reach44 · 2009-05-13 19:22:27

Yes, I modified it, but it also didn't work.

pjnsmb · 2009-05-14 05:40:40

I went around in circles trying all the more complicated methods to get my keyboard correct for UK use in KDE4

I finally set it right by using the keyboard layout settings in Regional & Language settings .

Are you using KDE ?

reach44 · 2009-05-14 06:33:39

No I'm using Gnome. In System >> Settings >> Keyboard Germany is set.

toad · 2009-05-14 06:42:45

Have you put the German keymap in your rc.conf?

reach44 · 2009-05-14 07:14:21

Yes I'v done everthing from the Beguinners Guide.

toad · 2009-05-14 07:19:55

Weird, this is the relevant part of my rc.conf and it is working a treat.

LOCALE="en_GB.utf8"                                                         
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"                                                         
USEDIRECTISA="no"                                                           
TIMEZONE="Europe/Berlin"                                                    
KEYMAP="uk"                                                                 
CONSOLEFONT=                                                                
CONSOLEMAP=                                                                 
USECOLOR="yes"

reach44 · 2009-05-14 07:38:29

LOCALE="de_DE.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK=""
USEDIRECTISA="no"
TIMEZONE=""
KEYMAP="de"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

I think my rc.conf is right, but it doesnt work.

toad · 2009-05-14 07:57:09

Not 100% sure about this, but keymap can be a bastard. I put gb in mine at first and wondered why it didn't work - after all, the locale is called gb! But no, for some reason it is uk which is normally reserved for the Ukraine.

If I were you I'd investigate this further just to make sure. Also, have you got anything in your rc.local?

reach44 · 2009-05-14 08:10:49

No I'v got nothing in my rc.local. And i made sure that its the right keymap. I don't know whats going wrong.

pjnsmb · 2009-05-14 09:27:46

have a look at this page:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xor … _driver.3F

at this section :

Modifying hal configuration

Copy the file:

/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-keymap.fdi

to

/etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi

and edit this copy there as follows (substitute NEW_LAYOUT with your layout, for instance fr):

<merge key="input.xkb.layout" type="string">NEW_LAYOUT</merge>

I think this is where my settings were wrong on a previous install ..............

see if you can see anything wrong there....

reach44 · 2009-05-14 09:43:52

Hey, thx! Now it works. Xkb.Rules in 10-keymap.fdi was wrong.

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