LKBEN11201: Howto change the keyboard in a debian, ubuntu or kubuntu console.


Symptom

you need to change the keyboard layout in a terminal session

Cause

none

Solution

To change your keyboard settings from a xterm, konsole or terminal session you can use:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-data

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Author: Wim Peeters - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG

Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.