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So, on each reboot my keyboard always resets to US!

sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration gives temporary relief.

Is there a way to make it permanent?

I tried:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup

This did not work, and on reboot gnome3 was no longer responsive so I am back to gnome classic....

My other grumbles are here: https://plus.google.com/113037534656133512306/posts/iWjU4zzvVdW

Please stop breaking Ubuntu, it used to be great now its as bad as Windows used to be..... which now only costs £70 and is no where near as high maintenance.

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Reset to default
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I've been stuck at the same problem and using 

setxkbmap gb

didn't help because I was getting error: 

Cannot open display "default display"

typing

sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration -u

helped since it give me opportunity to set all options on keyboard language. I was using Ubuntu 12.04 x64 Server, without any GUI.

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  • Thanks, this issue was driving me nuts and your second command solved it!
    – Alexander Zeitler
    Jun 29, 2016 at 7:39
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Not sure if this will help - but resolving keyboard layout issues on Arch Linux the following command always works :

setxkbmap gb

Replacing gb with your preferred keyboard layout, I have never had this issue with ubuntu, or tested this command on ubuntu, but it should work. Let me know :o) :

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  • Yep that worked see: @@@@@ ££££££ etc etc Added to my .bashrc and now my keyboard works - many thanks!
    – pjskyboy
    Jul 6, 2012 at 21:06

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