Colemak not available as keyboard layout option on fresh 18.04 LTS install
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I would like to use the Colemak keyboard layout. In previous versions of Ubuntu (16, 17), it has been available as an input source. I just installed 18.04 LTS (into VMWare player) and Colemak is not available. I would have expected it to look exactly like this blog post, which indicates it was there for at least one user. But I only have a handful of English sources and "Other", for which the only Colemak options are Filipino and Norwegian layouts!
I'm working around for now with setxkbmap us -variant colemak, but that doesn't persist across logins.
(For bonus points, how I would I also change the default keyboard layout for the login screen? Currently I need to type my password in QWERTY...)
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I would like to use the Colemak keyboard layout. In previous versions of Ubuntu (16, 17), it has been available as an input source. I just installed 18.04 LTS (into VMWare player) and Colemak is not available. I would have expected it to look exactly like this blog post, which indicates it was there for at least one user. But I only have a handful of English sources and "Other", for which the only Colemak options are Filipino and Norwegian layouts!
I'm working around for now with setxkbmap us -variant colemak, but that doesn't persist across logins.
(For bonus points, how I would I also change the default keyboard layout for the login screen? Currently I need to type my password in QWERTY...)
keyboard-layout 18.04
asked May 18 at 19:52
Xavier Shay
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up vote
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I would like to use the Colemak keyboard layout. In previous versions of Ubuntu (16, 17), it has been available as an input source. I just installed 18.04 LTS (into VMWare player) and Colemak is not available. I would have expected it to look exactly like this blog post, which indicates it was there for at least one user. But I only have a handful of English sources and "Other", for which the only Colemak options are Filipino and Norwegian layouts!
I'm working around for now with setxkbmap us -variant colemak, but that doesn't persist across logins.
(For bonus points, how I would I also change the default keyboard layout for the login screen? Currently I need to type my password in QWERTY...)
keyboard-layout 18.04
asked May 18 at 19:52
Xavier Shay
686
I would like to use the Colemak keyboard layout. In previous versions of Ubuntu (16, 17), it has been available as an input source. I just installed 18.04 LTS (into VMWare player) and Colemak is not available. I would have expected it to look exactly like this blog post, which indicates it was there for at least one user. But I only have a handful of English sources and "Other", for which the only Colemak options are Filipino and Norwegian layouts!
I'm working around for now with setxkbmap us -variant colemak, but that doesn't persist across logins.
(For bonus points, how I would I also change the default keyboard layout for the login screen? Currently I need to type my password in QWERTY...)
keyboard-layout 18.04
asked May 18 at 19:52
Xavier Shay
686
asked May 18 at 19:52
Xavier Shay
686
asked May 18 at 19:52
Xavier Shay
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asked May 18 at 19:52
Xavier Shay
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Yes, it's available in Settings -> Region & Language. Click the + button, select English (United States), and pick it from the sub menu.
If you are on a single user system, the input sources you add through the GUI should automatically (at next reboot) be made available also on the login screen.
answered May 18 at 20:44
Gunnar Hjalmarsson
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I have two systems – on one, I can choose the input source in the login screen, on the other, I cannot.
– MPi
Jun 20 at 20:40
@MPi: The difference can probably be seen if you check the contents of/etc/default/keyboardon the two systems.
– Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Jun 20 at 20:56
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Yes, it's available in Settings -> Region & Language. Click the + button, select English (United States), and pick it from the sub menu.
If you are on a single user system, the input sources you add through the GUI should automatically (at next reboot) be made available also on the login screen.
answered May 18 at 20:44
Gunnar Hjalmarsson
17.7k23059
I have two systems – on one, I can choose the input source in the login screen, on the other, I cannot.
– MPi
Jun 20 at 20:40
@MPi: The difference can probably be seen if you check the contents of/etc/default/keyboardon the two systems.
– Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Jun 20 at 20:56
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
Yes, it's available in Settings -> Region & Language. Click the + button, select English (United States), and pick it from the sub menu.
If you are on a single user system, the input sources you add through the GUI should automatically (at next reboot) be made available also on the login screen.
answered May 18 at 20:44
Gunnar Hjalmarsson
17.7k23059
I have two systems – on one, I can choose the input source in the login screen, on the other, I cannot.
– MPi
Jun 20 at 20:40
@MPi: The difference can probably be seen if you check the contents of/etc/default/keyboardon the two systems.
– Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Jun 20 at 20:56
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
Yes, it's available in Settings -> Region & Language. Click the + button, select English (United States), and pick it from the sub menu.
If you are on a single user system, the input sources you add through the GUI should automatically (at next reboot) be made available also on the login screen.
answered May 18 at 20:44
Gunnar Hjalmarsson
17.7k23059
Yes, it's available in Settings -> Region & Language. Click the + button, select English (United States), and pick it from the sub menu.
If you are on a single user system, the input sources you add through the GUI should automatically (at next reboot) be made available also on the login screen.
answered May 18 at 20:44
Gunnar Hjalmarsson
17.7k23059
answered May 18 at 20:44
Gunnar Hjalmarsson
17.7k23059
answered May 18 at 20:44
Gunnar Hjalmarsson
17.7k23059
answered May 18 at 20:44
Gunnar Hjalmarsson
17.7k23059
17.7k23059
I have two systems – on one, I can choose the input source in the login screen, on the other, I cannot.
– MPi
Jun 20 at 20:40
@MPi: The difference can probably be seen if you check the contents of/etc/default/keyboardon the two systems.
– Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Jun 20 at 20:56
add a comment |Â
I have two systems – on one, I can choose the input source in the login screen, on the other, I cannot.
– MPi
Jun 20 at 20:40
@MPi: The difference can probably be seen if you check the contents of/etc/default/keyboardon the two systems.
– Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Jun 20 at 20:56
I have two systems – on one, I can choose the input source in the login screen, on the other, I cannot.
– MPi
Jun 20 at 20:40
I have two systems – on one, I can choose the input source in the login screen, on the other, I cannot.
– MPi
Jun 20 at 20:40
@MPi: The difference can probably be seen if you check the contents of
/etc/default/keyboard on the two systems.– Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Jun 20 at 20:56
@MPi: The difference can probably be seen if you check the contents of
/etc/default/keyboard on the two systems.– Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Jun 20 at 20:56
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