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Change console keyboard layout in debian

I’ve been using Parallels Workstation virtualization a lot recently for testing databases and it works amazingly well.

However I did come across a weird problem. I’d installed Debian linux and the console keyboard layout wasn’t correct for my Apple USB keyboard.
The solution was to use this command

dpkg-reconfigure console-data

Which walked me through selecting the right keyboard layout.

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[Edited to correct a typo]

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14 Responses to “Change console keyboard layout in debian”

  1. Kris Says:
    November 29th, 2006 at 9:54 pm

    Thank you; downloaded ISPConfig VM which is based on debian and the german keyboard mapping was driving me nuts!

  2. Gemballa Says:
    December 22nd, 2006 at 12:05 am

    FINALLY someone who gives an answer that works.. Thank you..

  3. Gary Says:
    January 19th, 2007 at 10:52 pm

    Thanks! I had the same situation as Kris. Nice to get a fix on the first try.

  4. lprofil Says:
    February 3rd, 2007 at 12:35 am

    Another “Thank you!”.
    It did the trick on my debootstraped xen-installation.

  5. urza Says:
    May 7th, 2007 at 2:09 pm

    Thanks a lot !

  6. Marcos Says:
    June 14th, 2007 at 4:32 pm

    Thank you very much!

  7. Casey Says:
    August 2nd, 2007 at 4:07 pm

    Ditto what Kris said!

  8. Marian Says:
    November 6th, 2007 at 12:42 am

    Thanks!
    I’m usually a Fedora guy and I couldn’t find an answer for Debian.
    You’re a life saver!

  9. Jason Says:
    January 14th, 2008 at 2:31 am

    Thanks!!!! ISPConfig was not configured for US American layout. It was causing some headaches for me. After running the command works great, didn’t even have to reboot.

  10. Renatus Says:
    April 16th, 2008 at 6:42 pm

    Finally!

    A working answer for the keybaord layout problem!!!

    Thank you so much :)

  11. Eldeeb Says:
    June 3rd, 2008 at 12:29 pm

    Thanks a lot, really helped me

  12. acer Says:
    July 2nd, 2008 at 4:24 am

    Thanks!!!! ISPConfig was not configured for US American layout. It was causing some headaches for me. After running the command works great, didn’t even have to reboot.

  13. Anonymous Says:
    July 4th, 2008 at 5:26 pm

    Thank you! This finally solved my problem!

  14. Carl Says:
    September 22nd, 2008 at 3:52 am

    Thank you very much.

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