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carmima

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Registered: 2021-02-23

Posts: 1

french canada keyboard layout missing

Hi there,
I am trying to set-up my new bullseye debian computer desktop settings.
so far, the only way to have the keyboard I need is to use system default.

/etc/default/keyboard

cat /etc/default/keyboard

XKBMODEL="dell"
XKBLAYOUT="ca"
XKBVARIANT="fr"

setxkbmap ca -variant fr   // also works

setxkbmap "ca(fr)"  // this works well

in XFCE when I launch the settings/keyboard applet, the french-canada layout is missing from the list.
the list items presents exactly the same 7 options as here:

localectl list-x11-keymap-variants ca
eng
fr-dvorak
fr-legacy
ike
multi
multi-2gr
multix

there is no french-canada option  fr-ca fr-canada in the applet nor in localectl
when I click Add layout from the applet I first have to choose the language/country first.
as I expand french (canada), I find weird to see english as an option in a french query.

please help me setting my canadian french layout.

Last edited by carmima (2021-02-23 10:58:24)