John S. J. Anderson wrote: > >>>>> "Owen" == Owen G Emry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Owen> Can someone tell me how to switch to the Dvorak keyboard layout? > Owen> I dimly recall the debian boot diskette asking to choose a > Owen> keyboard layout, but I don't know how to change it on an > Owen> installed system. > > The answers from others should work for console, but if you need to do > this under X, you need to use xmodmap to remap the keys. I've got a > xmodmap file to do this; mail me if you'd like it. > > john.
I've gotten it to work by changing /etc/XF86Config to use the dvorak layout: 3.3.x: In the section "Keyboard" XkbSymbols "qwertydvorak(generic101)" Where /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/qwertydvorak is a combination of the basic dvorak layout and the "us" layout's special keys (like more modifer-keys, functionkeys, keypad, etc). I can provide the file upon request. (Is there a better way to do this?) 4.0.x: In the section "InputDevice" with identifier "keyboard" Option "XkbLayout" "dvorak(basic)" In 4.0.x, the default dvorak configuration is similar to 3.3.x, but the modifer keys and friends work somehow...hmm... I still need to look into this more. I'd like to see what you have John, I could use that on the X terminals st school.. My .02 -- ( Mike Brownlow | http://wsmake.org/~mike/ | http://wsmake.org/ ) ( "A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge ) ( is easy unto him that understandeth." Proverbs 14:6 )
