[arch-general] Problem with keyboard in Gnome

Christian christian08 at runbox.com
Sun Oct 3 11:57:25 EDT 2010


Hi again,


On 2010-10-02 at 00:56 Ulf Winkelvos wrote:

>On 02.10.2010 00:42, Christian wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> On 2010-10-02 at 00:24 Jan Steffens wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Christian<christian08 at runbox.com> 
>wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> I have got everything up and running, but I am having a problem.
>>>> I want to use the swedish keyboard layout in Gnome but what file to
>>> specify that in? In the console I have svlatin1 and country is sv_se.
>>>> Any tips?
>>>> Many thanks,
>>>> Christian
>>>
>>> You can set the initial keyboard layout in gdm (at the bottom of the
>>> screen), or (if you're already logged in), using System →
>Preferences
>>> → Keyboard.
>>
>> But that is not saved when I log out and restart the machine if I set it
>in system preferences.
>>
>>
>http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg.conf
>
>
>Setting Keyboard Layout With Hot-Plugging
>---
>Section "InputClass"
>     Identifier             "Keyboard Defaults"
>     MatchIsKeyboard	   "yes"
>     Option	           "XkbLayout" "de"
>     Option	           "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
>EndSection
>
>that's working for me.
>
>Cheers, Ulf

Where to find the name for the Swedish keyboard layout?



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