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Set set xorg-keymap to de_CH in ArchLinux

posted by cimnine @ 9:51am, Monday 19 January 2009.

Ok... Yesterday I nearly got lost in doubt...
I tried for hours to get my de_CH-Keyboard workin in Xorg on an ArchLinux-Box.
(This guide may work with other linux distributions too. But the files may be at different places.)

Finally, a friend of mine (faetzminator), had the solution:
In the keyboard section, set:

Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "ch"
Option "XkbVariant" "de_nodeadkeys"

Ok... Why didn't I got that solution??? I don't know.

Now, I use this new way for hotplugin input devices called "evdev". (Actually, the program that does that's called evdev, not the way... ;] )
In order to set the keyboard layout there, follow this guide at wiki.archlinux.org.
Then open the just copied file and change the following lines:

      <merge key="input.xkb.layout" type="string">ch</merge>
      <merge key="input.xkb.variant" type="string">de_nodeadkeys</merge>

I hope this helped someone out there... :D

~Chris