By the way: Setting the layout is possible by calling: setxkbmap -layout de -variant us
But this layout is *not* the same as the old German (qwerty). de(us) uses the US mapping and just adds some additional characters (e.g. umlauts) at the third level. German (qwerty) used to just switch "y" and "z" on the German keyboard.... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xkeyboard-config in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/940924 Title: Keyboard Layout "German (qwerty)" missing since 12.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xkeyboard-config/+bug/940924/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp