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seriewoordenaar
2020-06-19, 18:08
Although I managed to login into my newly-installed Kali Linux as a VMware virtual machine image and change the keyboard layout correctly, this layout only works AFTER login ; the login window still only accepts "kqli" instead of "kali" as input from my Belgian keyboard... How to fix this annoyance?
marcello_mat
2021-01-06, 14:08
Although I managed to login into my newly-installed Kali Linux as a VMware virtual machine image and change the keyboard layout correctly, this layout only works AFTER login ; the login window still only accepts "kqli" instead of "kali" as input from my Belgian keyboard... How to fix this annoyance?
Hi,
I don't know if you still have the issue, but each time I reinstall Kali Linux, it takes me 1 hour to set the keyboard in French. So, this tuto will be usefull at least for me in a few month :)
In order to set the keyboard layout of your choice everywhere (login, console, any apps ...), even after a reboot, please enter this command listed below a in terminal :
# Example with French keyboard
# Pass the keyboard to AZERTY :
$ setxkbmap fr
# to make it permanent (not sure about the utility of the two first commands) :
$ loadkeys fr
$ loadkeys fr-pc
$ dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
Just follow the instruction by choosing a keyboard model, then choose "Other/Autre", and then choose the layout of your country.
After the final "<Ok>", the wizard disappears and it's done. At the next reboot, the keyboard will remain in AZERTY.
Hope it helps.
Marcello
Hi, i've got the same issue, i try to change the layout to DE-CH German - Switzerland (No dead Keys), so far the only way to do that that i came a cross is to create a custom kali live build.
There is an older post in the Developer Archive about changing the region and keyboard layout for the custom build to spanish. https://forums.kali.org/showthread.php?28151-Building-a-custom-Kali-Live-CD-with-screen-reader-and-spanish-environment&highlight=custom+live+spanish
(https://forums.kali.org/showthread.php?28151-Building-a-custom-Kali-Live-CD-with-screen-reader-and-spanish-environment&highlight=custom+live+spanish)But i to be honest this didn't help me to do the same for a custom Kali Live build with the newest version and the keyboard layout for german - swiss.
So i was hopping maybe there is a pro in here that would be so kind to help us out and could explain to us how to create a custom build where the standard keyboard layout is Belgian for you and German - Switzerland in my case.
Hi, i've got the same issue, i try to change the layout to DE-CH German - Switzerland (No dead Keys), so far the only way to do that that i came a cross is to create a custom kali live build.
There is an older post in the Developer Archive about changing the region and keyboard layout for the custom build to spanish. https://forums.kali.org/showthread.php?28151-Building-a-custom-Kali-Live-CD-with-screen-reader-and-spanish-environment&highlight=custom+live+spanish
(https://forums.kali.org/showthread.php?28151-Building-a-custom-Kali-Live-CD-with-screen-reader-and-spanish-environment&highlight=custom+live+spanish)But i to be honest this didn't help me to do the same for a custom Kali Live build with the newest version and the keyboard layout for german - swiss.
So i was hopping maybe there is a pro in here that would be so kind to help us out and could explain to us how to create a custom build where the standard keyboard layout is Belgian for you and German - Switzerland in my case.
Hey there, I was having the same issue, just follow this steps:
1
To change the german keyboard in Kali Linux 2020.02 (Debian) do the following:
dpkg-reconfigure locales
Choose de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8 and unselect en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 (by pressing Space)
dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
Choose your keyboard hardware
For Kali Linux 2020.2 (Debian) goto GUI
Settings/Settings Editor
To Channel Keyboard-layout
Under Line XkbLayout String change the value to de (delete us)
This permanently changes the layout to the german keyboard.
MissingAName
2021-07-16, 19:02
Hey everyone,
I am stuck at the same thing. I tried to configure as mentioned above, went for xfce, locales etc.
My login screen now even says DE-German, but when I type, ****+2 still gives me an @ instead of "
This is super annoying.
anyone any other idea?
PS: I am running Kali 2021.2 on a MBP
THx