On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 15:52, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 10:39:53PM +0200, Johan Ehnberg wrote: > > Dominic Iadicicco wrote: > > >Anyone Know how to change the keyboard map? > > > > I guess it is in /etc/environment the C_TYPE which controls this during > > startup, > > Not all environment variables come from /etc/environment; most people > prefer to use their shell initialization files for this. > > > but you should use the localeconf package to get the locales > > generated right. > > > > If you mean for X, do dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86. > > Or you can just use setxkbmap to change it without restarting the X > server. > > -- > Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk] What is the difference between setxkbmap and xmodmap in this? I've always just gone with xmodmap (and loadkeys on console) to support international keyboards (I usually use fr_ca at home, and I have clients dealing with arabic and cyrillic keyboard needs, and xmodmap works fine there.) -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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