Ubuntu Server 10.10 Serer : KVM how to set keyboard map in console

Here’s an example how to change keyboard map from US to Japanese.

[ Ubuntu ]

- temporary setting

just type

# loadkeys jp Loading jp

This setting is temporary. When you reboot VMs , this setting will be cleared  ( switch to default setting)

- how to keep keyboard map permanently

add the following line in /etc/rc.local file.

# cat /etc/rc.local # add setting for changing keyboard map from US to Japanese /usr/bin/loadkeys jp > /dev/null 2>&1

When I added keymap=’jp’ in VM’s xml file , there are effects on console keyboard map.

virsh # edit ubuntu-vm1 change this line from <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes' listen='127.0.0.1'/> to <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' listen='127.0.0.1' keymap='ja'/>

[ RedHat distribution ]

edit /etc/sysconfig/keyboard file as below

# cat /etc/sysconfig/keyboard KEYTABLE="jp106" MODEL="jp106" LAYOUT="jp" KEYBOARDTYPE="pc"

Thx for reading :)