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I installed Ubuntu 14.04LTS on a french computer (AZERTY keyboard, see below) enter image description here

but I selected english keyboard while installing Ubuntu. Then change my keyboard parameter like this: enter image description here

and here is my language setting: enter image description here

Then I installed sougou for linux (it is FCITX, see below). enter image description here

Then I restarted Ubuntu, and on login screen => The login keyboard (and onboard as well) are ENGLISH. How to change to FRENCH ?

Thank you.

Note: my system is in english language but I want the french keyboard as soon as the computer boot, especially to login my password with french accent.

Note 2: for those stuck on the login screen because of this, know that you can input special character on login using the combination Ctrl+Shift+U then character hex code.

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If you press the Windows Key (or Super Key, depending on how you want to call it) + Space bar you can change between the languages. To set French as your default keyboard input, go to System Settings > Keyboard > Text input and then select French and use the arrows below to move it to the top position. I use multiple languages too and this is how I manage them.

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  • thx for your answer. But I already set the keyboard to french (see my edit). The problem is on the LOGIN screen, impossible to change keyboard to french (BUT after login, everything works fine, my keyboard is french). This must be related to lightdm and onboard keyboard....
    – Sulliwane
    Jun 5, 2015 at 5:21
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So here is what I did: First, I changed us for fr in this file /var/lib/AccountsService/users/YOU, see below

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And then in the Ubunu system settings, I pressed this button "apply system wide" in the Language tab.

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And I pressed the same button but in Regional Formats tab.

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And after a restart, my keyboard on login (unity-greeter) is french keyboard!

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