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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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type="topic" style="task"
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id="keyboard-layout">
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<info>
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<link type="guide" xref="login#management" />
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<revision pkgversion="3.11" date="2014-01-29" status="draft"/>
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<credit type="author copyright">
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<name>minnie_eg</name>
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<email>amany.elguindy@gmail.com</email>
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<years>2012</years>
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</credit>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
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<email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
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<years>2012</years>
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</credit>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Petr Kovar</name>
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<email>pknbe@volny.cz</email>
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<years>2014</years>
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</credit>
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<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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<desc>Populate the keyboard layout chooser on the login screen.</desc>
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</info>
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<title>Display multiple keyboard layouts on the login screen</title>
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<comment>
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<cite date="2012-12-02" href="mailto:amany.elguindy@gmail.com">Amany El-Guindy</cite>
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<p>This assumes the reader knows how to edit files as root. The reader
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will be able to add a list of keyboard layouts to the login screen, so that
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usernames/passwords of different languages other than the default can be
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typed.</p>
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</comment>
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<p>You can change the system keyboard layout settings to add alternative
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keyboard layouts for users to choose from on the login screen. This can be
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helpful for users who normally use different keyboard layouts from the default
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and who want to have those keyboard layouts available at the login screen.</p>
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<steps>
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<title>Change the system keyboard layout settings</title>
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<item>
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<p>Find the codes of the desired language layouts in the
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<file>/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst</file> file under the section
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named <sys>! layout</sys>.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Use the <cmd>localectl</cmd> tool to change the system keyboard
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layout settings as follows:</p>
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<screen><cmd>localectl set-x11-keymap <var>layout</var></cmd></screen>
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<p>You can specify multiple layouts as a comma-separated list. For example,
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to set <sys>es</sys> as the default layout, and <sys>us</sys>
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as the secondary layout, run the following command:
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</p>
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<screen><output>$ </output><input>localectl set-x11-keymap es,us</input></screen>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Log out to find that the defined layouts are available at the top bar
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on the login screen.</p>
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</item>
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</steps>
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<p>Note that you can also use the <cmd>localectl</cmd> tool to specify
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the machine-wide default keyboard model, variant, and options. See the
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<cmd>localectl</cmd>(1) man page for more information.</p>
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<section id="keyboard-layout-no-localectl">
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<title>Display multiple keyboard layouts without using localectl</title>
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<p>On systems that do not provide the <cmd>localectl</cmd> tool, you can
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change the system keyboard layout settings by editing a configuration file in
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<file>/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/</file>.</p>
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<steps>
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<title>Change the system keyboard layout settings</title>
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<item>
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<p>Find the codes of the desired language layouts in the
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<file>/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst</file> file under the section
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named <sys>! layout</sys>.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Add the layout codes to
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<file>/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf</file> in the following
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way:</p>
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<screen>
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Section "InputClass"
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Identifier "evdev keyboard catchall"
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MatchIsKeyboard "on"
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MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
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Driver "evdev"
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<input>Option "XkbLayout" "en,fr"</input>
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EndSection
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</screen>
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<p>Multiple layouts can be added as a comma separated list, as shown in
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the example for English (<sys>en</sys>) and French (<sys>fr</sys>)
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layouts.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Log out to find that the defined layouts are available at the top bar
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on the login screen.</p>
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</item>
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</steps>
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</section>
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</page>
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