Colin Watson wrote: Thanks for getting back to me!
> Try 'setxkbmap'. I looked it up and itr seems to deal with X11 only? That correct? I can switch the X keyboard easily. Linux also botts initially in English. It's when the boot is finished that the command prompt keyboard ia French. That's what needs changing? Wil xkbsel do that? I looked in my files and found a reference to kbdconfig? Of any use? Jonathan