How to change KEYBOARD LAYOUTS in XFCE,LXDE (Openbox,e17,ICEWM,Fluxbox)

[yeahbabyitslaura]

This seems to be a very good solution, something that i've been looking for, but I couldn't found a .bashrc file. I created one myself and pasted that line but it didn't work when i restarted.

[MrCMBstE]

Wow! You're brilliantly awesome! Thanks a lot!

[yooyoomine]

@MrCMBstE thanks for using this tutorial mate

[nikolar91]

I use Ubuntu 11.10 and I installed LXDE. I have problems with this. When I do everything you say in video nothing happens.

And one more question: how do you know which shortcut is for which language, how do you know that `ru` is for Russian? I want to make Serbian latin layout.

[yooyoomine]

@nikolar91 it must work, but if not - u can just make a script with this command to make it run when lxde starts. if u don't know how to make a script, google has a lot of advices. as for second question. ru for russian it is like something u know all your life but u cant determine who told u that)) i dont know the difference between serbian latin and the original "sr".. sorry

[yooyoomine]

@nikolar91 d

[MrStanleZ]

Hi,

I made this, but after restart nothing work. Now I search for any help 1 years long.

Xubuntu 11.10, xfce 4.8

[yooyoomine]

@MrStanleZ i think in xfce it is pretty straight forward now! u need to install the xfce4-xkb-plugin package with synaptic or apt-get. then right click the panel and click add items, there u will have the layout switching tool. cheers

[MrStanleZ]

@yooyoomine

Hi, its worked in Lubuntu 11.10 / Xubuntu 11.10 only if at startup I run terminal. If not, I have on panel only US layout. I think, its a way to something start a terminal at startup. But I dont know how to start and close it at startup sequence in Lubuntu / Xubuntu 11.10, in the file .bash.rc or in any other *. conf.

Thank You, I searching next.

[yooyoomine]

@MrStanleZ did u try too look in menus? in "settings" there is "startup applications"  that is a part of xfce desktop environment. just paste the command there. it is there for sure cause i have seen it

[MrStanleZ]

HI yooyoomine,

Today keyboards layouts are finally revealed, using 2 linux manuals.

Thanks,

Have a nice day.

:-)

Stanley

[MrStanleZ]

@yooyoomine

Now its finally work as is in my video, indel LXDE, Lubuntu 11.10, Xubuntu 11.10.

[ssuuddoo]

I've got it, but it is not quite useful, because I use two alternative layouts :) :)

the variant can be called with the funtcion "-variant", but the pitty is that U can use just one variant and not two when setting the parameters to be able 2 swith among them.

syntax: setxkbmap -layout cz -variant dvorak-ucw

...and I made it the "manual way", have assigned shortcuts 4 both layouts and switch them manually, :) thnx anyway

[ssuuddoo]

hi, thnx.

what about the alternative layouts? I would like to set not just the default layout for some language, but a different layouf for the same language (cz_dvorak, and russian_phonetic_dvorak).

thnx in advance

I am debian-wheezy-openbox user, but after updating gnome to some gnome shell (although I use just the gnome settings, not the shell), it changed the layouts and I can not set the alternatives. grrrrr. just in xfce, but I am not used 2 it. any ideas?

[yooyoomine]

@ssuuddoo i think u can just type cz_dvorak

[ssuuddoo]

@yooyoomine. :) thnx 4 the advice, but it is an alternative layout so to set it the proper way, I have te set the alternative. By trying the cz_dvorak it says: Error loading new keyboard description

. :) I'm quite getting used to manual shortcuts of changing the keyboard. thnx bro +

[herrtian]

Thank you very much, but how can I change alt+shift to shift+capslock? I tried shift_capslock_toggle but it doesn't work.

[yooyoomine]

@herrtian

try changing it to Caps_Lock

should work

[herrtian]

@yooyoomine thanks for the quick reply but it still doesn't work. 

[yooyoomine]

@herrtian whhen i'll be home i"ll check

[TheHornyDevill]

omg never delete this video !!! thank u so much for this!!

[yooyoomine]

@TheHornyDevill i'm glad u r enjoying the lightweight penguin) cheeeeeeers have a great week

[TheHornyDevill]

@yooyoomine cheers mate! :)

[fcukhamas]

10x ALOT dude !!!! (-:

[yooyoomine]

@fcukhamas u r welcome! viva la human rights!

[byeranby]

why a seceret? ive installed xubuntu 11.04 both on my asus 1000he and an older desktop computer. on the asus it works great. it's seems too heavy for the old one. for two days i looked for a saluotion to the switch problem and your vid was the best answer. now i'm looking how can i make my eee pc hotkeys to work. any sugestions?

[yooyoomine]

@byeranby there is eeesy pc distro i think

[yooyoomine]

@byeranby mate there is a solution for u, i sent u a private message with the link. get the .deb file from downloads section

[byeranby]

thanks a lot, man!!!

[yooyoomine]

@byeranby thanks! happy lightweight linuxing, man! If it is not a secret)) what u use? which distro/window manager and on what hardware?

[dekaband]

great vid!

[yooyoomine]

@dekaband thanks mate im glade u enjoyed