Howto change the keyboard layout in text mode on a linux-based operating system
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keyboard layout in text mode on a linux-based operating system
[edit] Steps
- for i386 systems, you can find the layouts in the directory
/usr/share/keymaps/i386/
or
/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/
loadkeys /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/azerty/fr.kmap.gz
- Note : some systems may have fr.map.gz instead of fr.kmap.gz
