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 Bugs, which is subscribed to 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 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs