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How can you change the keyboard layout (to QWERTY from QWERTZ) on the fly from a Linux shell?

I found this similar question, but the answer was to edit a config file, which is not so easy when you're using a Live CD.

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setxkbmap

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+1 because you beat me to it :) – ricbax Nov 3 '09 at 4:42
I never said I was running X... I am actually, but do you know how to do it from the console? – Hugh Allen Nov 3 '09 at 10:17
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I'm not aware of any tool that changes keymap on-the-fly, but in at least debian it is possible to edit /etc/default/console-setup with your preferred map, and make the system reflect those changes by issuing /etc/init.d/hal restart.

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kbdconfig or loadkeys

That's how we used to do it. I don't know if they're still supported; I'll check next time I've got Knoppix running.

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