change keyboard layout in the console with X11-Keymap

[Colin Watson]

On Sun, Jul 22, 2007 at 02:39:23PM +0200, Benjamin Kellermann wrote:
> I read on http://www.pro-linux.de/news/2006/10284.html (sorry, german
> link) that it should be possible since edgy to change the keyboard
> layout of the console with the X11 keymaps.
> 
> I asked this question on several forums but never got an answer to it. 
> 
> I am involved to the development to the NEO-Layout[1] (a keyboard Layout
> optimized for the German language like the dvorak for english).
> We don’t know, if we have to write a .kmap file to provide our Layout
> for the console or if we can realize it with our existing xkb-files.

It's possible with just an XKB keymap file, but may need some small
tweaks to console-setup to pull in the new keymap. Please file a bug
(https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/console-setup/+filebug).

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]