Re: [Sheflug] setting the default keyboard under debian

[Andrew Irving <irv [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 29 February 2004 13:04, Peter Collier wrote:
> 	I'm having problems making my system use gb as the keyboard. If I alter
> the Xconfig file from the ro setting for the keyboard, to gb, when I
> reboot, it's back to ro layout again.
> 	If in a terminal (ALT-F1 etc) I type
> LANG=gb
> LANGUAGE=gb
> LC_ALL=gb
> export LANG LANGUAGE LC_ALL
> Then run the script
> install-keymap uk.kmap
> 	I get the correct gb keymap in the terminal but not in Xconsole and again
> the terminal keyboard reverts to ro  keymap when I reboot.
> 	I've found a symlink in /etc/console that points to ro.kmap. If I alter
> that to point to uk.kmap, that again alters back to ro.kmap on reboot.
> 	How do I set the system to use gb keyboard by default and stop it
> overwriting all my editing?
>
> Peter C.

dpkg-reconfigure console-common

if you told debconf to manage your XF86Config file you'll need to alter it 
through that.

Cheers,

Andy
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