Non-Qubes-Whonix[edit]

Desktop Environment[edit]

Table: Desktop Keyboard Layout Change

Platform	Steps
Xfce	`Applications` → `Settings` → `Keyboard` → `Layout` → `disable "use system defaults"` → `add your layout at the bottom` → `remove the old layout` → `close`
Graphical Terminal Emulator	Temporary until reboot. setxkbmap de setxkbmap de Note: To set the keyboard to your preferred language, run this command to list all possible layouts. ^[1] localectl list-x11-keymap-layouts localectl list-x11-keymap-layouts

To change the keyboard layout. ^[2]

sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

Make the reconfigured keyboard-configuration change take effect.

sudo setupcon

sudo setupcon

To correctly apply changes system-wide via dom0: ^[5]

Alternatively, language localization input ^[archive] can be configured on a per VM basis.

↑ setxkbmap Man Page ^[archive]
↑ French keyboards:
Perhaps an upstream bug.
( http://free.nchc.org.tw/clonezilla-live/stable/Known-issues-Clonezilla-live.txt ^[archive] )
If you are using French Keymap, remember to use "Select keymap from full list":
1. Select keymap from full list
2. pc / azerty / French / Same as X11 (latin 9) /Standard
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Alternative /etc/default/keyboard method:
Open file /etc/default/keyboard in an editor with root rights.
This box uses sudoedit for better security ^[archive]. This is an example and other tools can also achieve the same goal. If this example does not work for you or if you are not using Whonix ™, please refer to this link.
sudoedit /etc/default/keyboard
sudoedit /etc/default/keyboard
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Alternative loadkeys method:
Temporary until reboot.
```
sudo loadkeys de
```
sudo loadkeys de
↑ The Qubes bug reporting the change does not propagate to other VMs ^[archive] has now been resolved.