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Switching QWERTY to AZERTY CentOS 7

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mamiemando Posted messages 33541 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   -
Hello everyone,

I just downloaded a VM, virtualbox of CentOS 7.1, and I'm having a keyboard layout conversion issue.

I've followed some tutorials on the internet but nothing has changed.

Life was really easier before; they had to complicate things instead of simplifying them. With keyboard.conf everything was set.

ANYWAY...

From what I understand, I need to modify the file /etc/locale.conf using the command localectl.

Here are the commands I typed:
localectl list-locales | grep fr
localectl set-locale LANG=fr_FR.utf8

Here’s the content of the config files (copied by hand because I haven't installed the VB tools)

/etc/locale.conf:
LANG=fr_FR.utf8

File /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "system-keyboard"
MatchIsKeyboard "on"
Option "XkbLayout" "fr"

File /etc/vconsole.conf:
KEYMAP=fr
FONT=latarcyrheb-sun16

Could you help me?

Thanks in advance to everyone. I really need this change to continue.

Configuration: Windows 7 / Chrome 43.0.2357.124

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mamiemando Posted messages 33541 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   7 937
 
You can switch to the French keyboard layout with the following commands:
- In text mode, from a root terminal: 
loadkeys fr

- In graphical mode: 
setxkbmap -layout fr


To configure the layout persistently, it depends on the distribution. In graphical mode, your graphical interface usually allows you to set it easily without having to think about which file to modify. In text mode, I imagine this addresses your need:
https://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.1/Deployment_Guide/s2-sysconfig-kybd.html

Good luck.
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shell_power Posted messages 10 Status Membre
 
Hello,

first of all, thank you for paying attention to my topic.

The CentOS 7.1 I have is in graphical mode but I work in command line.

I tried the 2 commands you mentioned, and I encountered errors with the loadkeys fr command:
loading /lib/keypas/xkb/fr.map.gz
unknown keysym "trademark"
unknown keysym "trademark"
unknown keysym "trademark"
unknown keysym "trademark"
unknown keysym "trademark"
unknown keysym "trademark"
unknown keysym "trademark"
unknown keysym "trademark"
loadkeys: /lib/keypas/xkb/fr.map.g:11: addkey was called with erroneous keycode -1

Does that ring a bell?

Regarding the documentation you sent via the link, I believe it's for versions prior to 7. In version 7, the /etc/sysconfig/keyboard file no longer exists and is replaced by /etc/locale.conf.
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Judge_DT Posted messages 644 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   10 013 > shell_power Posted messages 10 Status Membre
 
Hello,

Currently, what does 
localectl status
return?

As I recall, on CentOS 7, including 7.1, you need to use: 

localectl set-keymap fr
for the CLI 
localectl set-x11-keymap fr
for the graphical interface, in order to enable Azerty input instead of QWERTY.

The system language can be independent of the keyboard input language, so LANG=fr_FR indicates that the system is in French, while the keymap may not necessarily be.
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Judge_DT Posted messages 644 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   10 013 > shell_power Posted messages 10 Status Membre
  
localectl list-keymaps | grep fr
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shell_power Posted messages 10 Status Membre > Judge_DT Posted messages 644 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention  
 
as I don't have the vb tools I'm forced to type everything by hand, so sorry for any typing errors if there are any :) )

ca-fr-dvorak
ca-fr-legacy
ch-fr
ch-fr_mac
ch-fr_nodeadkeys
ch-fr_sundeandkeys
cm-french
dvorak-ca-fr
devorak-fr
fr
fr-bepo
fr-bepo_latin9
fr-bre
fr-dvorak
fr-latin0
fr-latin1
fr-latin9
fr-latin9_nodeadkeys
fr-latin9_sundeadkeys
fr-mac
fr-nodeadkeys
fr-oci
fr-old
fr-oss
fr-oss_latin9
fr-oss_nodeadkeys
fr-oss_sundeadkeys
fr-pc
fr-sundeadkeys
fr_CH
fr_CH-latin1
ma-french
mac-fr
mac-fr_CH-latin1
ml-fr-oss
sunt5-fr-latin1
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Judge_DT Posted messages 644 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   10 013 > shell_power Posted messages 10 Status Membre
 
So, the "fr" layout is indeed present. Quite strange that despite the correct configuration, the keyboard is still in qwerty...

I’ll do some research on my side, as I haven't encountered this type of case yet.
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