Wrong keyboard layout at login screen

[Altay_H]

I accidentally installed Ubuntu 9.04 with the wrong keyboard layout. No problem, I just went to System > Preferences > Keyboard > Layout and added the correct layout then removed the incorrect one. Everything is working fine now, except that my login screen is set to the original layout. Does anyone know how to change the login screen keyboard layout?

[zvacet]

In terminal

gksudo gedit  /etc/X11/xorg.conf

and you will see section

#Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
# Driver "kbd"
# Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
# Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
# Option "XkbLayout" "us"
# Option "XkbOptions" "lv3:ralt_switch"

#EndSection

# Option "XkbLayout" "us" this is line you are interested in.Change language there and you should be fine.Save and close file and good luck!

[Altay_H]

That's how it used to be, but I thought Ubuntu changed it. Below are the contents of my xorg.conf file:

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Monitor		"Configured Monitor"
	Device		"Configured Video Device"
EndSection

The only sections are Device, Monitor, and Screen. There's no InputDevice section. Any ideas?

[zvacet]

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak

 sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

[Altay_H]

I'm afraid that doesn't do anything:

$ cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak
$ diff /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
xserver-xorg postinst warning: overwriting possibly-customised configuration
   file; backup in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20090507164807
$ diff /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak
$

[zvacet]

See if you have what you need in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20090507164807 file.

[Altay_H]

See if you have what you need in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20090507164807 file.

Nope. It's exactly the same as both xorg.conf and xorg.conf.bak.

[zvacet]

See if this can be of any help to you.

[Altay_H]

Yes, that worked. Thanks.

For anyone curious, the command that worked for me was:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg