I was in the same position as you.
First of all, in console you are not able to use Greek language. To use Greek on X, you'll have to do the following:
- edit xorg.conf and in input method-keyboard, add
Code:
Option "XkbLayout" "us, gr"
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:ctrl_shift_toggle"
(I'm using ctrl+shift because alt+shift are used to change desktops. If you need, then change the keys accordingly)
After the first step, do
Code:
cd /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/
sudo ln -s gr el
(that's for a bug in character binds)
and for the final step to be able to use utf-8 in xterm, add to .Xdefaults
Now in xterm, you can use utf8 but without the accents on vowels ("έ, ύ, ί, ό, ά, ή, ώ". You'll be able to type "ε, υ, ι, ο, α, ω" though). In all other programs, you'll be able to type as you wish.