Changing keyboard mapping post install.

optagon · 2014-07-26 02:12:15

Every time I boot into arch the keyboard mapping is set to US, and I can change it like the installation guide shows. But as it warns, those commands are "only useful during installation" which I take to mean they do not persist.

I had a look at this wiki entry, but I don't have a the file /etc/vconsole.conf.
Running localectl set-keymap se-lat6 gives me:
Failed to set keymap: The name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 was not provided by any .service files. Don't know how to interpret that, google turns up nothing.

Last edited by optagon (2014-07-26 02:19:40)

karol · 2014-07-26 02:23:01

Create /etc/vconsole.conf.
'sudo localectl set-keymap se-lat6' works here:

$ localectl
   System Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8
                  LC_COLLATE=C
                  LC_MESSAGES=C
       VC Keymap: pl2
      X11 Layout: pl
$ sudo localectl set-keymap se-lat6
$ localectl
   System Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8
                  LC_COLLATE=C
                  LC_MESSAGES=C
       VC Keymap: se-lat6
      X11 Layout: pl

optagon · 2014-07-26 02:34:39

Ok thanks, it seems like it works. vconsole.conf was empty after reboot, but the keymap stayed!

Now I just have the issue that the keymapping is a bit off. The å key works, but I have to hit alt+gr to get ö, ä or else I get ø, æ. Which my keyboard -does- have printed on the keys along side with ö and ä. But they should not be default.

Last edited by optagon (2014-07-26 02:44:11)

karol · 2014-07-26 02:53:45

You can / should populate vconsole.conf:

$ cat /etc/vconsole.conf
FONT=ter-v16n
FONT_MAP=8859-2
KEYMAP=pl2

optagon · 2014-07-26 03:10:29

karol wrote:

You can / should populate vconsole.conf:
$ cat /etc/vconsole.conf
FONT=ter-v16n
FONT_MAP=8859-2
KEYMAP=pl2

Oh, the file wasn't empty after all. It just looked empty when I opened it with nano and wasn't su. Should learn to use cat I guess.
Those extra settings you supplied just turned my åäö into squares. But thanks anyway.

Last edited by optagon (2014-07-26 03:14:25)

karol · 2014-07-26 03:14:45

Hey, these are my settings, leave them alone! ;-)
This is just an example, you should pick whatever suits your needs.

thiagowfx · 2014-07-26 03:46:01

I cannot identify se-lat6...as a suggestion,

localectl list-keymaps

and

cat /etc/locale.gen

could point to you which keymap/locale you need for your system. Probably something similar to se-lat6.

karol · 2014-07-26 04:02:11

$ pacman -Qo /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/se-lat6.map.gz
/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/se-lat6.map.gz is owned by kbd 2.0.1-1

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#1 2014-07-26 02:12:15

Changing keyboard mapping post install.

#2 2014-07-26 02:23:01

Re: Changing keyboard mapping post install.

#3 2014-07-26 02:34:39

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