I've never used linux before, so this may be a problem with that, but I'm trying to simply SSH into my friends webserver using the info he gave me. I looked up that the linux command to ssh is ssh username@hostname. I'm not trying to type that into LXTerminal but everytime I hold shift and hit the number two I don't get @ I get ". Any ideas?
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You need to remap your keyboard. By default it is set to a UK map.
at the command line type:
sudo nano /etc/default/keyboard
and hit enter. locate the following line
XKBLAYOUT=”gb”
Change the gb to us (This assumes you want a us mapping, if not replace the gb with the two letter code for your country)
and reboot your machine.
if it pauses for a long time during the keyboard mapping stage, enter the following at the command line:
sudo setupcon
Your next reboot should be much faster.
Reference:
answered Jul 13, 2012 at 17:19
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Just a note, if nano's not your editor of choice the pi comes bundled with vi as well.– PiperCommented Jan 19, 2014 at 18:31
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2Raspbian users should make sure to see scruss's answer and/or this as an alternative.– goldilocks ♦Commented Sep 26, 2015 at 12:09
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setupconwas crucial for me. Until then, the keyboard locale just wouldn't get updated. Thanks! Commented Aug 14, 2016 at 21:22
Steve's answer, though correct at the time, is now somewhat out of date. In Raspbian:
sudo raspi-config
and go to the configure_keyboard section with 4 Internationalisation Options -> I3 Change Keyboard Layout
You can choose the correct keyboard type and layout from there.
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2Is this simply seen as a more user-friendly way of doing the exact same thing, or does this clear up additional problems that Steve's solution does not? Commented Dec 26, 2015 at 19:49
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Under Raspbian, it at least uses the official configuration tool. It may do additional things in the background. At least it sets up the console keyboard and X keyboard with one command, rather than Steve's two.– scrussCommented Dec 27, 2015 at 11:12
Raspberry Pi configuration has changed as of Jessie (2017):
- raspi-config no longer offers
Internationalisation Options. TheLocalisation Optionshas no submenu forChange Keyboard Layout - Simply setting XKBLAYOUT="us" may default to the Spanish layout.
This worked for me:
sudo nano /etc/default/keyboard
And these were my settings (I'm Canadian):
XKBMODEL="pc104"
XKBLAYOUT="ca"
XKBVARIANT="eng"
For our southern neighbors:
XKBMODEL="pc104"
XKBLAYOUT="us"
XKBVARIANT=""
There is, however, a bug with that. When you check in
Pi > Preferences > Raspberry Pi Configuration
Pi > Preferences > Keyboard and Mouse.
it will show United States > Spanish (Latin American). I don't think it affects functionality.
To find out the layout you want, run this in the Terminal:
rc_gui
Then click on Localisation > Set Keyboard... and make your change. Click OK to close the Keyboard Layout dialog. Click Set Keyboard... once more. This time, the terminal window you will show:
Sections: ['Global']
Layouts: ['ca']
Variants: ['eng']
Options: []
Now you can put those into your
sudo nano /etc/default/keyboard
Layouts --> XKBLAYOUT
Variants --> XKBVARIANT
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I wanted to mention that searching for "change keyboard layout" brings up this answer that is very similar: raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/a/10103 But it doesn't mention that the US/Canada keyboard is pc104; I guess the Rest of the World (Latin-alphabet world outside of US/Canada) uses pc105?– ColinCommented Mar 26, 2018 at 19:24
Another option that doesn't use the Terminal is going into (from the GUI), Menu > Preferences > Raspberry Pi Configuration > Localization > Set Keyboard, and set it according to where you live.
@is mapped to the"key in the UK.Shift+'will give@(the key next to;) If I guess correctly, this is the combination that normally would give you"