Re: default English (US) QWERTY layout
On Sat, 14 Nov 2015, rlharris@oplink.net wrote:
> Would some kindly soul who is a English (US) QWERTY user and who is
> running Jessie on an i386 system follow the path:
>
> applications -> setting -> keyboard -> layout
>
> and tell me which is the default English (US) layout which is
> selected by the installer?
>
> I routinely switch to "classic Dvorak" immediately after installing
> and delete the default layout.
>
> But now I need to switch over a machine for a friend who knows only
> QWERTY.
As I don't run a desktop (window manager only -- Openbox) on my very
custom installed Wheezy 64-bit system, I can't follow your menu
request, but 'debconf-show keyboard-configuration' reports:
* keyboard-configuration/modelcode: pc105
keyboard-configuration/unsupported_config_options: true
keyboard-configuration/unsupported_config_layout: true
* keyboard-configuration/toggle: No toggling
* keyboard-configuration/compose: No compose key
* keyboard-configuration/layout:
* keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap: us
* keyboard-configuration/variant: English (US)
debian-installer/console-setup-udeb/title:
* keyboard-configuration/switch: No temporary switch
keyboard-configuration/unsupported_options: true
* keyboard-configuration/altgr: The default for the keyboard layout
keyboard-configuration/ctrl_alt_bksp: false
keyboard-configuration/unsupported_layout: true
* keyboard-configuration/variantcode:
* keyboard-configuration/model: Generic 105-key (Intl) PC
* keyboard-configuration/layoutcode: us
* keyboard-configuration/other:
* keyboard-configuration/store_defaults_in_debconf_db: true
* keyboard-configuration/optionscode:
This was the keyboard type the installer picked when I installed Wheezy. I saw reason to change it.
The keyboard itself is a Kensington Keyboard for Life that has to be at least 6 years old, and I've been using it on this system I build about 9 years ago which has gone through numerous hardware upgrades and OSes in those 9 years.
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