[xubuntu-users] switch keyboard layout

[Petter Adsen]

On Tue, 10 May 2016 00:24:03 +0900
Thomas Blasejewicz <nyuwa at hb.tp1.jp> wrote:

> Good morning
> (I was not able to recover the messed up installation the other day)
> 
> Now I NEWLY (from scratch) installed xubuntu 15.10 (16.04 did not
> allow me to install ANY other language beside English).
> I am repeating the procedure now for the THIRD time, since both 
> preceding very laborous and time consuming installations led to
> a blank black screen, where the ONLY possible action / activity was 
> cutting the power.

15.10 goes EOL in three months.

> Now during the third attempt at installing the OS I am running again
> (I did experience this already before!) into other annoying problems.
> Here in particular (since I have not yet gotten further than OS 
> installation and update):
> I have (set) two keyboard layouts: Japanese + German.
> My customary switch is left Alt+Shift.
> I could set that, but EVERY TIME I restart the computer, this setting
> is forgotten and has to be changed.
> Changed: change it to anything, it does not matter what. But when the 
> computer is turned off, this setting is lost.
> 
> Is there any way to convince the computer, that it has to remember
> that setting?

Put '/usr/bin/setxkbmap -option grp:lalt_lshift_toggle' in
~/.xsessionrc and log out and back in. See 'man xkeyboard-config' for
other options or alternative keybindings.

Petter

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