Keyboard layout: switching from Amharic <> US

[Simon Schampijer]

Instructions how you can use the s.c.p in the virtual console are as 
well on the wiki:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar_Control_Panel#Languages

Simon

Simon Schampijer wrote:
> Short term solution;
> 
>   - switch to a virtual console (alt+ctrl+F1 or alt+ctrl+F2) F1 is the 
> mesh view key and F2 the friends view key
>   - edit /home/olpc/.i18n
>   - nano /home/olpc/.i18n
>      - LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
>      - ctrl+o for save and ctrl+x for quitting
> 
> You can not use the sugar-control-panel in the virtual console - this is 
> known (#5819).
> 
> long-term:
>   better control panel with graphical frontend
> 
> HTH,
>     Simon
> 
> 
> James wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Following the first 4 instructions at <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ethiopian_Setup 
>>  > I have managed to set my G1G1 XO laptop to accept input in  
>> Amharic.  That's the good news.
>>
>> The bad news is that I can no longer switch back to a US keyboard.
>>
>> Even commands typed into the Terminal now appear in Amharic, and  
>> refuse to execute.  I can use the arrow keys in the Terminal to replay  
>> the sequence of commands that led to editing /etc/sysconfig/keyboard  
>> in nano, but I cannot get nano to save my changes.  If I use ^O to  
>> Write Out the file, I find myself in the Journal, but nano is still  
>> open in the Terminal.  If I use ^X to Exit nano, it asks if I want to  
>> save the modified buffer.  Typing "y" produces an Amharic character  
>> which vaguely resembles a Q, and which nano refuses to recognize.
>>
>> The page at <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ethiopian_Setup> helpfully  
>> suggests that:
>>
>>    You can toggle between the us and the et layouts by hitting the
>>    group switch key, which is mapped to the rightmost key below enter
>>    (labeled multiply/divide on US keyboards).
>>
>> In my experience, pressing this key inserts an x character.  No  
>> combination of modifier keys along with the group switch key seems to  
>> have the desired effect.
>>
>> Any help in getting my XO back to its initial US settings would be  
>> appreciated.  (Ideally, I'd like to be able to switch between the two  
>> on a regular basis).
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> James
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