How to setup Russian keyboard layout in Xorg?

penguin · 2023-10-01 00:55:27

I use LXQt DE on Xorg.
I have been using Korean, English. And I just added Russian keyboard layout one year ago.
While I was practicing Russian typing on a website, few characters were off position.

The Russian keyboard layout I chose was Russian (legacy).

Thanks in advance,

deepforest · 2023-10-01 18:00:59

Use Ukrainian Luke and Light side of the Force be with you(c)

ps ruzzian is dark side of the force that why you fail

Last edited by deepforest (2023-10-02 18:55:37)

GNUser · 2023-10-02 17:12:13

Hi penguin. I would give deepforest a warning for the inappropriate post if I could but, alas, I'm just a fellow user.

Have you tried setxkbmap? Start with setxkbmap -query to see what your current settings are for "model" and "layout". In my case, this is what I see:

$ setxkbmap -query
rules:      evdev
model:      pc105
layout:     us

To set available models, layouts, variants, and options, do this:

$ less /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.lst

To change settings, this is the syntax:

$ setxkbmap [-model xkb_model] [-layout xkb_layout] [-variant xkb_variant] [-option xkb_options]

So to keep your current keyboard model and change to Russian layout, for example, do:

$ setxkbmap -layout ru

You mentioned that your Russian layout seems to have some characters off position. Maybe you are not using the Russian variant that has the positions you expect? Another possibility is that the keyboard model setting is not correct--look at your keyboard and compare it with internet images of different keyboard models to ensure that setxkbmap's "model" setting is correct for your hardware.

Last edited by GNUser (2023-10-02 17:13:40)

deepforest · 2023-10-02 18:52:53

@stopAI
@GNUser

ruscism detected and reported!

All Free Western World can have good life now because many Ukrainians fight and die in battle against hellish evil ruzzia!

Is there justice in this world?

Last edited by deepforest (2023-10-02 19:09:02)

golinux · 2023-10-02 19:05:07

@deepforest . . . Please stop NOW! This is not the place for that discussion.

And to those complaining . . . let it go. You are not walking in deepforest's shoes . . .

deepforest · 2023-10-02 19:07:24

ok, thank You

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How to setup Russian keyboard layout in Xorg?

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