I need to change the keyboard to 'German (eliminate dead keys)'  This is the Xubuntu keyboard name I use in Xubuntu.  The language needs to stay at English.  I couldn't find a setting to change.  Help please.

I used the plugin "Nerd Tools". Installed "kbd-1.15.3-x86_64-2.txz" (Settings - Nerd Pack) and added this to the go file on flash for Swedish keyboard (qwerty) in terminal etc:

# load keyboard layout
loadkeys se-latin1

For german (qwertz), you have these:
de-latin1-nodeadkeys
de-latin1
de-mobii
de
de_CH-latin1

de_alt_UTF-8

Add and reboot (you can also try it out by running "loadkeys de-latin1-nodeadkeys" in the server terminal without rebooting ofc).
 

You could also download kbd-1.15.3-x86_64-2.txz manually and put it in to flash/extra folder and it will install at boot instead of using Nerd Tools.

I hope this helps.

Edited February 24, 20197 yr by Niklas

Exactly what I was looking for, thank you!

Unfortunately loadkeys is not longer available on 6.9.2:

~# loadkeys de-latin1
-bash: loadkeys: command not found
~# which loadkeys
which: no loadkeys in (.:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin)

 

Edited April 11, 20215 yr by ol2tmx

Did you

On 2/24/2019 at 12:23 PM, Niklas said:

I used the plugin "Nerd Tools". Installed "kbd-1.15.3-x86_64-2.txz" (Settings - Nerd Pack)