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I have asked a related question in different sites such as here in German and a related thread here, a different case in the latter though. The # dpkg-reconfigure console-setup is firing WARNING: Unknown X keysym "dead_belowcomma", some bug?

I almost solved the question here, basically: "/etc/default/keyboard" -modification and one-line "$ setxkbmap -option grp:caps_toggle -variant dvorak-intl,nodeadkeys, us,de,no &" -- but the layout-settings get reseted after reboot. I use Debian but I believe the same settings apply to Ubuntu hence asking here.

Helper questions

  1. So how can I get settings to stay after rebooting? Or # service gdm3 restart?

  2. Or better how can I configure international keyboard -layouts system wide?

  3. What about user-centric keyboard -configuration?

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  • Do the settings get reset when you log in and out again, without resetting? – January Sep 6 '12 at 21:00
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I feel the solution is close to some trial below. I am getting some WARNING now with default keyboard -adjusting, third trial, so cannot test things fully. I am co-operating with guys such as Trem.* in #Debian (Freenode), we haven't yet found a solution but below some of our working to diagnose the issue. The # dpkg-reconfigure console-setup should be enough to tune KBD but not sure with CapsLk -toggling, anyway some trials below.

Trial 1: not working

$ cat /etc/default/keyboard

XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="us,de,no"
XKBVARIANT="dvorak-intl,nodeadkeys,"
XKBOPTIONS="grp:caps_toggle"

Trial 2: not working

The basic idea is to configure the X -configuration files in certain level. For some reason, the keyboard settings get overwritten by some other settings, even though trying almost the highest level ie 98.

# echo "setxkbmap -option grp:caps_toggle -variant dvorak-intl,nodeadkeys, us,de,no &">>/etc/X11/Xsession.d/39x11-keyboard
# echo "exec /etc/X11/Xsession.d/39x11-keyboard" >>/etc/X11/Xsession.d/99x11-common_start

Then restarting-X does not work which is clear because the Caps-Lock -toggle not working -- it was because the settings got over-written # echo 'echo "Did run 001">/tmp/KBDrunned001' >>/39x11-keyboard. So 

# mv /etc/X11/Xsession.d/39x11-keyboard /etc/X11/Xsession.d/98x11-keyboard

It did not work because the settings got over-written. Apparently some 99-level-thing or other 98-level-thing overwrites the keyboard -settings.

Trial 3: not working

It fires error in the position after setting up the font size, keeping default 16, did not even ask about layouts or Cap-Lock -toggling.

# dpkg-reconfigure console-setup
WARNING: Unknown X keysym "dead_belowcomma"
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Solution #1, easy: go to keyboard layout settings, click on "Options", select the desired Caps Lock behaviour:

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Solution #2, easy: put that command into your profile's startup. Press the win key and type startup, then use it to add the full command.

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  • No, .profile is for shell initialisation, it is not read until you start a terminal. Either use the GUI as described above, or look into the .config/autostart/ directory. – January Sep 8 '12 at 5:21
  • Just as I have described above. Press the Win key to show the Unity dialog, then type "startup" -- the icon for the startup settings should appear. Select it and you are at the screenshot above. I have added a screenshot above. – January Sep 8 '12 at 11:33
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    Cool, it would have saved us some time if you did mention that earlier (your question Is it gnome made me think that you assume that I am using Gnome). Open a terminal, type gnome-control-center and choose "keyboard layout". – January Sep 8 '12 at 18:04
  • In the gnome-control-center, I did just a shortcut F1 to the command. It does not solve the problem but I need just to remember hit F1 in the start. – hhh Sep 8 '12 at 19:44

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