Ubuntu configure keyboard non-interactive

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Im setting up some Chef scripts to build and configure a Ubuntu 11.04 instance for development.

I'm having some trouble finding away of reconfiguring the keyboard with no user interaction.

I tried using setxkbmap gb but this resets as soon as you reboot the vm and not all programs seem to honour this setting.

Can someone please point me to the correct file or command to change the keyboard layout and persist it over sessions and programs.

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I tried to edit the files but it doesn't help, but simply executing the command below helped:

sudo loadkeys gb

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Cheap or DIY Keyboard Overlays

This is the cheapest thing I could find:

http://www.4keyboard.com/apple-final-cut-keyboard-stickers-p-176.html

Ubuntu keyboard detection from bash script

For a USB device you can use lsusb and search for a Human Interface Device (interface class 3) with keyboard protocol (interface protocol 1), e.g.

$ lsusb -v
... loads of stuff deleted ...
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           1
      bInterfaceClass         3 Human Interface Device
      bInterfaceSubClass      1 Boot Interface Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol      1 Keyboard
      iInterface              0 
... loads of stuff deleted ...

Also, you can let udev help you. List the devices under /dev/input/by-path/ and the keyboard devices end in -kdb (at least in Ubuntu, where udev rules specify it), e.g.

$ ls -l /dev/input/by-path/*-kbd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2010-03-25 09:14 /dev/input/by-path/pci-0000:00:1a.2-usb-0:1:1.0-event-kbd -> ../event4

$ ls -l /dev/input/by-path/*-kbd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-08-29 09:46 /dev/input/by-path/platform-i8042-serio-0-event-kbd -> ../event1

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