Keyboard control
The keyboard configuration file is located at /etc/default/keyboard (in Debian). The next lines are an example of settings which can be set there: # Consult the keyboard(5) manual page. XKBMODEL="thinkpadx220" # XKBLAYOUT="us" XKBLAYOUT="us,es,fi" XKBVARIANT="euro" # XKBOPTIONS="lv3:ralt_switch,compose:lwin,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" XKBOPTIONS="grp:alt_shift_toggle,lv3:ralt_switch,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp,ctrl:swapcaps,altwin:left_meta_win" BACKSPACE="guess" Alternatively, one can use: setxkbmap -layout us,es,fi -option grp:ctrl_shift_toggle -option ctrl:swapcaps -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bk sp-option altwin:left_meta_win