On Sun 19 Sep 2021 at 21:34:49 (+0100), piorunz wrote: > On 19/09/2021 20:36, David Wright wrote: > > > Then I would rebuild my initramfs with update-initramfs. > > sudo update-initramfs -u -k all > did the trick. I have now Colemak at dm-crypt! Also in virtual consoles. > GRUB editor still uses qwerty, but that's not a concern, dm-crypt > password prompt was most important. > For disclosure, I have full disk encryption on / but /boot and /boot/efi > are not encrypted, [on] separate partitions. > > So, full instruction to achieve your keyboard layout of choice is: > > sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration > sudo update-initramfs -u -k all > sudo reboot > > probably not needed: sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup, but keeping it > in my notepad in case it's required after all in fresh install.
I usually run both, on the basis of "might as well while we're here". Certainly the naming and placement of files for the two commands is rather confusing. > Problem with keyboard-configuration: should this be reported as a bug? > sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration should trigger > update-initramfs on it's own, automatically, otherwise effects of this > command are being ignored until new kernel arrives, computer is rebooted > with new kernel with new initramfs. Correct? It would be rather tedious to automate this for someone who's running it several times while trying to find/optimise the best layout/whatever. Perhaps a warning would suffice. Cheers, David.
