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#1 2007-12-12 00:10:54
- LonelyStar
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Changing keyboard layout per user
Hello together,
On my Laptop the default keyboard layout for X is US-INTL. That"s what I am using.
Sometimes my friends are using my Laptop, for them I have a seperate user account.
But they would prefer using the germen (de) keyboard layout.
Can I somehow change the keyboad layout during login (using a command in .xsession for example)?
Thansk!
Nathan
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#2 2007-12-12 00:29:45
- Allan
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Re: Changing keyboard layout per user
You could start X using "X -config <path to config file>" and have separate xorg.conf files.
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#3 2007-12-12 08:57:08
- LonelyStar
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Re: Changing keyboard layout per user
Thanks for your reply!
That would work.
But I want to use XDM for login.
I found xmodmap for changing keyboard layout.
But
xmodmap /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/de
does not work.
I guess xmodmap needs another filetype.
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#4 2007-12-12 13:40:33
- byte
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Re: Changing keyboard layout per user
setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout de -variant nodeadkeys
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#5 2007-12-12 14:40:40
- LonelyStar
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Re: Changing keyboard layout per user
Thanks!
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