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J.Tho
Asked: 2017-10-19 10:49:24 +0800 CST

How to keep keyboard settings in the initial login screen? 17.04

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I have set my keyboard to Dvorak system wide, but it isn't used for the login screen forcing me to use an on-screen keyboard.

I do have the keyboard settings menu where it should be, but it doesn't seem to do anything.

I had just solved a similiar issue with my screen settings being the wrong way by copying my user settings into the light.dm folder (sudo cp ~/.config/monitors.xml /var/lib/lightdm/.config/), can I do something similiar, but with the keyboard settings instead?

Thanks!

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1 Answers

  1. I suggest that you open /etc/default/keyboard for editing and change the line starting with XKBLAYOUT to:

    XKBLAYOUT="us"

    and the line starting with XKBVARIANTto:

    XKBVARIANT="dvorak"

    (I assume that there is currently something else.)

    After next reboot, the Dvorak layout will hopefully be effective on the login screen.

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