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Update user-faq.md about keyboard layout #340

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Expand Up @@ -307,7 +307,19 @@ For details, see the qubes-users mailing list threads [here](https://groups.goog

### My keyboard layout settings are not behaving correctly. What should I do?

Please read [this discussion](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/qubes-devel/d8ZQ_62asKI/discussion).
The best approach is to choose the right keyboard layout during the installation process. But if you want to change things afterwards, you can try this workaround.

Assuming XFCE desktop: in `Q` → `System Tools` → `Keyboard` → `Layout`, leave the checkbox "`Use system defaults`" checked. Do not customize the keyboard layout here.

Set the system-wide layout and options for `xorg` with the `localectl` command in `dom0`. You can use `localectl --help` as a starting point.

Example: `localectl set-x11-keymap us dell ,qwerty compose:caps`.

This generates the appropriate configuration in `/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf`. This file is auto-generated. Do not edit it by hand, unless you know what you are doing.

Restarting `xorg` is required. The most straightforward way is to reboot the system.

More information in [this discussion](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/qubes-devel/d8ZQ_62asKI/discussion) and [this issue](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1396).

### My dom0 and/or TemplateVM update stalls when attempting to update via the GUI tool. What should I do?

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