====== Working in text mode ====== ===== Howto change the keyboard layout in text mode on a linux-based operating system ===== Posted by Jimmy Huybrechts on Tuesday 21 June 2011 [16:28] Whenever you want to change the keyboard layout of the shell eg. terminal or ssh of a linux system you can do this in the following way: === Debian based distro's === You can find all the different keymaps in the following location: /usr/share/keymaps/i386/ or /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/ to change the keymap you can do the following: loadkeys us ( if you want the united states international keymap ) === Redhat based distro's === You can find all the different keymaps in the following location: /lib/kbd/keymaps/i386 to change the keymap you can do the following: loadkeys us ( if you want the united states international keymap )