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+# IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2012-09-24
+
+ <allesa> hello, I'm trying to get familiar with the Hurd and would like to
+ change the keyboard layout in use. It seems all the information I can
+ find (relating to console-driver-xkb) is out of date, with the latest
+ info relating to it being that this package should not be used anymore…
+ <allesa> does anyone know how changing keyboard layouts currently works?
+ <allesa> ah, never mind. I assume it doesn't currently work:
+ http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/console.htmlq
+ <allesa> *http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/console.html
+ <youpi> it does actually work
+ <youpi> simply dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
+ <youpi> and reboot
+ <youpi> (see http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install
+ <youpi> )
+ <allesa> mhm, I got that far — but selecting my layout gave me no joy, even
+ after restart. Seem to be stuck with the layout chosen during
+ installation (d-i). Just to check I'm using the right version — still on
+ the installer isos from 15 July?
+ <allesa> wait… progress is being made — slowly and subtly…
+ <allesa> Ok, so the XKBLAYOUT is changing as you described, but XKBVARIANT
+ seems to be ignored. Could this be right?
+ <youpi> yes, the hurd console only supports keymaps
+ <youpi> (currently)
+ <allesa> Ah OK, thanks for your help on this. I imagine this is not
+ something that just requires simple repetitive work, but some actual
+ hacking?
+ <allesa> to fix that is…
+ <youpi> some hacking yes