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FS#72339 - Installation Guide: issue with configuring a different keyboard layout than the system language.

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Benoît Boudaud (miamondo) - Monday, 04 October 2021, 13:59 GMT
Last edited by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Sunday, 10 October 2021, 18:17 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Documentation
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Hello everybody

1. Description:

My operating system is Archlinux with only Openbox.
My Archlinux distribution is in French, but my keyboard layout is in German. By using the installation guide, I never succeeded to configure my keyboard layout in German. The only solution was to add "setxkbmap de-latin1" in the file "~/.config/openbox/autostart", which is not recommended in the installation guide.

2. Steps to reproduce:

echo LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
echo KEYMAP=de-latin1 > /etc/vconsole.conf
reboot
=> The keyboard layout is not in German, but still in French

3. proposed solution

localectl set-keymap de
localectl set-x11-keymap de
reboot

It creates the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf.
After rebooting, the keyboard layout is in German.
This is the first time that I report a bug here. Please be lenient if my bug report does not meet the standard. I just want to help.
Best regards,
Benoît





This task depends upon

Closed by  Andreas Radke (AndyRTR)
Sunday, 10 October 2021, 18:17 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  Issues with the wiki pages should be discussed on the wiki. Please use the relevant talk page(s) on https://wiki.archlinux.org/
Comment by Benoît Boudaud (miamondo) - Monday, 04 October 2021, 18:44 GMT
Sorry, there is a mistake in the proposed solution. It is :

echo KEYMAP="de" > /etc/vconsole.conf
localectl set-keymap de
localectl set-x11-keymap de
reboot
Comment by Benoît Boudaud (miamondo) - Tuesday, 05 October 2021, 06:39 GMT
Please close this task. I go to https://wiki.archlinux.org/
Thank you
Benoît

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