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dinkydarko

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From: Glasgow, Scotland

Registered: 2005-01-28

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[Gnome 3] how to set the default keyboard for GDM

Hello again,

  second problem.  I use a UK keyboard and some of the passwords for my accounts use symbols which aren't the same on a US keyboard. I cant find the setting to default GDM to UK layout. Any ideas?

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killajoe

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From: Berlin Planet Earth

Registered: 2007-07-04

Posts: 168

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Re: [Gnome 3] how to set the default keyboard for GDM

The question is "How to configure GDM [Gnome3]?"

I try configuring with:

 cp -t /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/ /usr/share/applications/gnome-tweak-tool.desktop  /usr/share/applications/gconf-editor.desktop

but the changes would not be  applied...

Last edited by killajoe (2011-04-15 08:57:41)

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frontwheelskid

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Registered: 2009-04-10

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Re: [Gnome 3] how to set the default keyboard for GDM

Not sure if this is the best way. But I added the bolded bit to my /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "evdev keyboard catchall"
        MatchIsKeyboard "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "evdev"
        Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection

Wikimig

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From: France

Registered: 2004-12-10

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Re: [Gnome 3] how to set the default keyboard for GDM

I added the bolded bit to my /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf
Section
        ...
        Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
        ...
EndSection

That makes it here. Thanks.

ghen

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2010-08-31

Posts: 122

Re: [Gnome 3] how to set the default keyboard for GDM

GDM 2.32 allowed for keyboard layout selection per-user, this is no longer possible with GDM 3?

Rob2

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Registered: 2011-05-02

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Re: [Gnome 3] how to set the default keyboard for GDM

GDM 2.32 allowed for keyboard layout selection per-user, this is no longer possible with GDM 3?

Same question.

erm67

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From: Europe

Registered: 2007-08-01

Posts: 123

Re: [Gnome 3] how to set the default keyboard for GDM

I followed this steps from the wiki:

# su - gdm -s /bin/bash
$ dbus-launch

This command will print DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS and DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID. We need to export them

$ export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-Jb433gMQHS,guid=fc14d4bf3d000e38276a5a2200000d38
$ export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID=4283

Check to see if dconf-service is running and if not, start it like this

$ /usr/lib/dconf/dconf-service &

Than used both dconf-editor and gconf-editor to set any key related to the keyboard, but it didn't worked, I also used gnome-control-center but it failed too. It seems there is no way to set the keyboard for gdm :-)

Initially I thought it worked but I was wrong ....

Last edited by erm67 (2011-05-02 17:02:39)

Pai Mei

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From: Marilia SP Brazil

Registered: 2011-05-02

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Re: [Gnome 3] how to set the default keyboard for GDM

When I upgrade my system, my keyboard lost the character map (I use the brazil-abnt2 map), and gdm lost the "keyboard button".

So I went to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and write (the xorg lost my old keyboard map, because of the upgrade):

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
    Option "CoreKeyboard"   
        Option      "XkbRules"        "xorg"
        Option      "XkbModel"        "abnt2"
        Option      "XkbLayout"       "br"
        Option      "XkbVariant"      "abnt2"
    Option "XkbOptions" "abnt2"
EndSection

That works for my terminal, but inside the X (Gnome, LXDE, etc) the map was lost. So I do in a terminal:

$ setxkbmap br

And I have the keyboar map set to brazil-abnt2 again.

I think if you change the keyboard map (in xorg) from abnt to gb, and do a:
$ setkbmap gb

it could work.

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grandtheft

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Registered: 2010-10-05

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Re: [Gnome 3] how to set the default keyboard for GDM

Workaround:

I've put "setxkbmap de" (replace de with your layout code) in the last line of /etc/gdm/Init/Default. Works.

gt

raymondcal

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Registered: 2010-06-16

Posts: 47

Re: [Gnome 3] how to set the default keyboard for GDM

Have you tried this solution ? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GD … S-keyboard

eanderalx

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From: Berlin/Germany

Registered: 2010-01-10

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Re: [Gnome 3] how to set the default keyboard for GDM

Have you tried this solution ? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GD … S-keyboard

Seems to work only with gdm 2.x

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jasonwryan

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Re: [Gnome 3] how to set the default keyboard for GDM

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