How to change keyboard keymap

Question

I accidentally set my keyboard type to US during installation, but it actually is UK type. How do I change it?

[note] I use Debian Squeeze.

shellholic · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-13 18:49:21Z

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The Debian way is:

dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
dpkg-reconfigure console-data

To make the change visible in X (else reboot):

/etc/init.d/hal restart

answered Feb 13 '11 at 18:49

shellholic
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	Regarding HAL, which version of Debian are you talking about? AFAIR X in Squeeze doesn't need HAL. – Tshepang Feb 13 '11 at 19:37
	The HAL part is optional, just reboot your X server. – shellholic Feb 13 '11 at 19:43

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