#1 2016-07-24 12:40:53

Maki

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Registered: 2016-04-14

Posts: 26

[SUG] Support for international keyboard variants during installation?

Hey guys,

I live in the Netherlands, and most keyboard configurations here are US Intl 105 AltGr Deadkeys.
Now, the installation for BunsenLabs just has US with American English configuration.
This means I can't use "special" characters during any part of the installation, including-but-not-limited to the Euro sign.

This means I have to manually run

sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

afterward just so I can make "special" characters.

My /etc/default/keyboard looks as follows after:

XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="us"
XKBVARIANT="altgr-intl"
XKBOPTIONS="lv3:ralt_switch,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"

BACKSPACE="guess"

Is there any hope to get support for the keyboard variants in future versions of the installation process? Just so the system starts with the correct keyboard configuration?

Last edited by Maki (2016-07-24 12:45:13)

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Gaucho

From: High in the Custerdome

Registered: 2015-09-17

Posts: 16,155

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Re: [SUG] Support for international keyboard variants during installation?

Now, the installation for BunsenLabs just has US with American English configuration.
This means I can't use "special" characters during any part of the installation, including-but-not-limited to the Euro sign.

It should be the third screen of the installer, after Choose Language and Choose Location...

Select "Dutch".

Installer walkthrough w/ scrots...
https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=518

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Maki

Member

Registered: 2016-04-14

Posts: 26

Re: [SUG] Support for international keyboard variants during installation?

Now, the installation for BunsenLabs just has US with American English configuration.
This means I can't use "special" characters during any part of the installation, including-but-not-limited to the Euro sign.

It should be the third screen of the installer, after Choose Language and Choose Location...
https://scrot.moe/images/2016/05/30/04-4.2.4.md.png
Select "Dutch".

Installer walkthrough w/ scrots...
https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=518

But it should not be the Dutch configuration, because that's entirely different from US Intl AltGr with Dead Keys, or has been so in the past. Keys which are completely in the wrong places, much like the Belgian Azerty layout.

Are you saying that the "Dutch" layout is now equal to the keyboard configuration that I quoted above?

My /etc/default/keyboard looks as follows after:

XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="us"
XKBVARIANT="altgr-intl"
XKBOPTIONS="lv3:ralt_switch,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"

BACKSPACE="guess"

Last edited by Maki (2016-07-24 16:42:59)

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Gaucho

From: High in the Custerdome

Registered: 2015-09-17

Posts: 16,155

Website

Re: [SUG] Support for international keyboard variants during installation?

No, I must be not understanding since I use the US layout. Someone else will have to offer help.

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