[xubuntu-users] Swiss-French Keyboard in Xubuntu 12.04

[pao_drop]

Le 26.05.2012 20:44, TOM TOM a écrit :
>
>
> On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 9:25 PM, pao_drop <pao_drop at bluewin.ch 
> <mailto:pao_drop at bluewin.ch>> wrote:
>
>     Hello!
>     I am trying to install Xubuntu 12.04 on an old PC. Everything
>     works fine, except that
>     I am unable to find the Swiss-french keyboard in the keyboard
>     layout list.
>
>     Since I am living in Switzerland and speaking  - and typing-
>     french, this is a absolute MUST for me.
>
>     The command:
>
>     setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout ch -variant fr
>
>     works fine, albeit obviously only for the current session.
>     This in my opinion means that the swiss-french layout IS present
>     somewhere
>     in the system.
>
>     But how do I get it permanently, not being able to use the desktop
>     application?
>     I have tried editing the /etc/default/keyboard file from:
>
>     XKBMODEL = "pc105"
>     XKBLAYOUT = "ch"
>     XKBVARIANT = ""
>     XKBOPTIONS =""
>
>     to:
>
>     XKBMODEL = "pc105"
>     XKBLAYOUT = "ch"
>     XKBVARIANT = "fr"
>     XKBOPTIONS =""
>
>     but to no avail!
>
>     What am I overlooking??
>
>     Regards, Pao
>
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>
> Hi. You have 2 options from within Settings Manager:
>
> 1. go to Session and Startup and add the setxkbmap command as an 
> autostart app
> OR
> 2. go to Keyboard and then Layout and try to set it up from there
>
>
OK! Problem solved!
Instead of looking for the Swiss-french keyboard on either "Swiss" or 
"French", I had to look on "German"
To us, member of the french-speaking minority, this does not appear very 
palatable!
Regards,

Pao
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