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doomguy84

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Registered: 2018-05-09

Posts: 49

set default language and keyboard layout

Hello!
I tried many time to install a clean archlinux but seems to me not simple as it seems...
I mean, I can complete all the things to have a base system + desktop environment, but everytime the "language" is a kind of problem for me.

these are the commands I used:

nano /etc/locale.gen (uncommenting it_IT.UTF-8 UTF-8, it_IT ISO-8859-1, it_IT@euro ISO-8859-15)
locale-gen
echo LANG=it_IT.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
nano /etc/vconsole.conf (written KEYMAP=it)

but my keyboard always remain on english layout...

I got to used anarchy linux installer to get a functional arch linux, but I really want to make a very clean system with needed packages only.

Pryka

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Registered: 2018-02-07

Posts: 85

Re: set default language and keyboard layout

Set layout in desktop environment you are using. Vconsole is only for virtual ones.

You can also considering putting layout in xorg config files.

dockland

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Registered: 2015-06-06

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Re: set default language and keyboard layout

Here's some useful information

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ke … on_in_Xorg

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jasonwryan

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Re: set default language and keyboard layout

Not an Installation issue, moving to NC...

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doomguy84

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Registered: 2018-05-09

Posts: 49

Re: set default language and keyboard layout

@ Pryka
thanks but... if I set my base system into a specific language, then installed my Desktop Environment why it did not "connect" the two things?

@ dockland
thanks, i will take a look to that

@ jasonwryan
sorry...

Pryka

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Registered: 2018-02-07

Posts: 85

Re: set default language and keyboard layout

@ Pryka
thanks but... if I set my base system into a specific language, then installed my Desktop Environment why it did not "connect" the two things?

Already told you, vconsole settings are only for virtual, they not apply on desktop env.

If you want your keyboard layout on graphical interface you need to set it in on xorg/wayland plus/or in DE.

Last edited by Pryka (2018-07-25 09:17:56)

doomguy84

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Registered: 2018-05-09

Posts: 49

Re: set default language and keyboard layout

@ Pryka
thanks but... if I set my base system into a specific language, then installed my Desktop Environment why it did not "connect" the two things?

Already told you, vconsole settings are only for virtual, they not apply on desktop env.

ok, i did not mean vconsole.conf settings.
if into locale.conf and into locale.gen i set a specific language, why the desktop environment does not take that settings for itself.
just a question to understand

Pryka

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Registered: 2018-02-07

Posts: 85

Re: set default language and keyboard layout

Locale is not used for setting keyboard layout - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Locale

TL:DR its for generating your local alphabetic idiosyncrasies etc. Then other programs can use it to proper render your local characters. Again its not directly related with keyboard layout.