Can't change the keyboard layout to Japanese 106 on my Dell XPS 13

chang-hs · 2021-08-31 02:30:14

Hello,

I recently installed Archlinux and Xfce4 on my Dell XPS 13 laptop.
I live in Japan and the laptop is using the keyboard layout jp106.

The keyboard layout on Archlinux is correctly set to jp106, and I can use my keyboard well after logging in without X11.

However, on Xfce, my keyboard doesn't work, and I can't input '|' character.

On the Settings -> Keyboard, I switched off the button for using the system default and tried several settings in vain.

Would anyone help me solve this problem?

Andrewclive · 2021-08-31 19:54:18

Chang-hs,
Try this and see if it works for you. Add "keyboard layouts" to the xfce panel and choose Japanese.

chang-hs · 2021-09-01 00:59:29

Thanks a lot, Andrewclive.

It turned out that I had erroneously selected 'Japanese (PC98)' instead of simple 'Japanese'.

After selecting 'Japanese', it worked fine.

Andrewclive · 2021-09-01 02:18:02

Okay. Best mark this as solved.

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