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I have a fresh Xubuntu 14.04 Trusty Thar installation (not upgrade) and I need to change my keyboard layout each time I boot.

These are the contents of file /etc/default/keyboard:

XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="es"
XKBVARIANT="cat"
XKBOPTIONS="terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"

It seems correct to me, but the layout does not follow this file.

Method #1 tried to apply configuration permanently

Each time I boot I got US keyboard layout. If I do:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

All the options that appear are the desired ones:

  • Generic 105-key (Intl) PC
  • Spanish
  • Spanish - Catalan (Spain, with middle-dot L)
  • The default for the keyboard layout
  • No compose key
  • Yes

But each time I boot the machine I get US layout again.

Output of command is:

Your console font configuration will be updated the next time your system
boots. If you want to update it now, run 'setupcon' from a virtual console.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu4.1) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-27-generic

Method #2 tried to apply configuration permanently

In my Settings->Keyboard->Layout I have ticked the checkbox Use system defaults. If a change to this configuration:

enter image description here

The configuration is applied, but when I reboot I get US layout again. Settings in this windows are permanent, but keyboard layout is US each time I reboot :-$

How can I change my keyboard layout permanently? It's being annoying...

logoff
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  • What are the content of your /etc/default/keyboard? – TuKsn May 25 '14 at 22:41
  • @Xubu-Tur XKBMODEL="pc105" XKBLAYOUT="es" XKBVARIANT="cat" XKBOPTIONS="terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" – logoff Jun 01 '14 at 09:47
  • that is what I stated in the end of my question. it is my default configuration, and it didn't work. I tried configuring my layout too, but as I wrote in @Emil answer, it didn't work. – logoff Jun 03 '14 at 07:42
  • I added a lot more information to the question, just to be clearest as possible. – logoff Jun 03 '14 at 18:42
  • Try this answer from Emils link http://askubuntu.com/a/113517/265974 – TuKsn Jun 04 '14 at 17:24

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Try unchecking "Use system defaults" and make sure that in the keyboard layout list the Spanish keyboard is the first. If you have no Spanish keyboard there add it an move it to the top of the list. It worked for me, hope it helps enter image description here

Emil
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  • I added more info to the question. your method works, but when I reboot, layout is changed again. – logoff Jun 03 '14 at 18:41
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    Apparently this is an older problem. Did you check this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/66096/how-to-set-up-xfce4-xkb-plugin-to-remember-settings-over-reboots? There are more workarounds there, maybe it's worth to try some of them. – Emil Jun 03 '14 at 19:31
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You can use sudo apt-get install console-common and follow steps:

  • choice your mapping (azerty, qwerty ...)
  • choice your country (belgium ...) of your mapping
Cadot.eu
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example how to permanently change to german 'de' language:

apt-get install console-common
localectl set-x11-keymap de
localectl set-keymap de
reboot
Asaf Magen
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