*Whoops!* The mangled one that's working is *BUSTER*, not Stretch. Just realized that as I ran another "apt-get update". That's comparing apples and oranges in that case with respect to 1 1/2 to ~2-year-old Buster's keyboard working while shiny new Stretch's is being a tiny bit flaky. Sorry about that. :)
On 11/21/18, Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflyby...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11/21/18, redmood <red-cont...@riseup.net> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I just installed debian 9 on my laptop. I encrypted the disk, so I have >> to type a keyphrase before accessing the data on the disk. I also have a >> user account and have to type my password to log in. I have been trying >> to set the french bepo keyboard, instead of the default azerty one. I >> followed the instruction from this link : >> https://wiki.debian.org/Keyboard >> >> From this point, when I had to type my password to decrypt the disk, I >> had to type in azerty, but when I had to log in my user account, I had >> to type the password with the bepo keyboard. And then, once logged in, >> the keyboard was set back to the classic french azerty layout again. So >> I tried the commands given in the first answer here : >> https://superuser.com/questions/646425/permanently-change-default-language-and-keyboard-settings-what-am-i-missing >> >> Now, when I power on my computer, I have to type the decrypt password in >> bepo as well as my log in password, but once logged in, the layout is >> still set back to the azerty layout. >> >> >> How can I force the layout to stay consistent once logged in my user >> account ? > > > Hi.. Do you have a(n) Fn key that comes into play at all? I'm on an > older ASUS 1015px (looks like a happy little Valentine card, grin). I > just in the last couple hours rsync'ed over a newly debootstrap'ed > Stretch to it. Hadn't done that in a LONG time. Means everything is > nice and shiny new. > > BUT.. It's currently not recognizing my LAN wired network so I'm > rebooting in and out while searching the Internet for answers then > going back in to try to fix things... > > EVERY TIME I boot back in, I don't get letters, I get numbers when I > click those particular keys in the middle of the keyboard. It was > obvious that the Fn function had been triggered somehow. I seriously > thought the dogs did it... the FIRST time it happened. > > The immediate fix for THAT is to hit my Fn key along with the numlock > one at the end of the top row. A painless pain... :) > > Rerunning "dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration" didn't change the > outcome on the next couple reboots... > > I'm not in there right now, but my uname is similar to "Linux > northpole 4.9.0-6-amd64" with a > date that was maybe May of this year? > > That version's older, SERIOUSLY frazzled, borked, mangled sister here > (4.9.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.2-2 2017-01-12 x86_64) is working > fine for both recognizing the LAN network AND not touching my Fn key > on every reboot. > > There are some 390+ packages currently on Developer inspired hold in > my old botched system here. Dpkg is on hold, but things like locales > and console-setup are not. Wonder if one of the ones on hold for this > older setup is the offender that found its way into the shiny new > version where no packages are currently on Developer hold... > > OR NOT. :) > > Cindy :) > -- > Cindy-Sue Causey > Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA > > * runs with duct tape *
