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Changing Keyboard Layout
How can I change my keyboard variant from QWERTY to Colemak permanently and globally?
setxkbmap doesn't work at the command line (I get the error "Cannot open display 'default display'"). I can change the variant from a terminal within the desktop environment, but I have to reset it every time I reboot, and the setting is gone if I log out of X. |
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I hope this helps you:
https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq7.html Quote:
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I'm also trying this:
https://colemak.com/Unix#OpenBSD_in_text_console_mode I get the output Code:
keyboard.encoding=us Quote:
/usr/include/dev/wscons/wsconsio.h /usr/include/dev/wscons/wsksymdef.h Should I be worried that the .conf file doesn't exist on my system? |
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To be honest I don't know, on that, I don't think so,..I don't have a wsconsctl.conf either, if that is
the .conf file you mean. I think maybe it needs to be created. Looking at more manuals: https://man.openbsd.org/wsconsctl.conf I also had looked at the link you show: https://colemak.com/Unix#OpenBSD_in_text_console_mode Code:
OpenBSD in text console mode Download, untar/gunzip archive Type: chmod +x openbsd_console/colemak_openbsd.sh Type: openbsd_console/colemak_openbsd.sh To switch back to QWERTY type: wsconsctl keyboard.encoding=us Just kind of trying to see what the manuals say etc,... Also on the same page we have looked at: Quote:
'man xorg' and 'man xorg.conf' Also see : https://man.openbsd.org/rc.8 As you can see, I don't know exactly, and since I do not have that type of keyboard, I can't really try anything, someone else may come and be able to give some more specific instructions, it does seem confusing, and the manuals ,suggest another manual, and so on,... sorry I am not of more help
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That is another factor, I do not use any DE, but any way at least you can change the variant from a terminal when you are in the DE.
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I've been able to set it with setxkbmap whenever X is running, including in XFCE and openbox.
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Maybe add it to .xsession(?).
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