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acoma

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Registered: 2017-11-19

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Keyboard Layout [closed]

Hi, I've just installed Arch Linux and my problem is simple: I want my keyboard layout to be azerty for french speakers.

I edited vconsole.conf as explained in https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ke … in_console

/etc/vconsole.conf

KEYMAP=fr

I rebooted and the file was saved but my keyboard is still qwerty.

Any idea ?

(yes I am a newbie*)

[OK SORRY: I found the solution with sudo setxkbmap -layout fr] don't know why it took me so long to get that info]

Last edited by acoma (2017-12-13 23:41:14)

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Re: Keyboard Layout [closed]

Please do not use [closed], as it denotes a locked topic. Use e.g. [solved] instead.

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GrimBandito

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Registered: 2016-12-04

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Re: Keyboard Layout [closed]

Hi @acoma, I recommend using the following command to set your keyboard keymap, as it will be preserved between reboots:-

sudo localectl set-x11-keymap fr pc101 azerty

This should modify both the virtual console keymap (/etc/vconsole.conf) configuration and also the X keymap (/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf). The X configuration is created automatically and shouldn't be manually edited.

Last edited by GrimBandito (2017-12-14 10:33:46)