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Hm. So this would be the first Linux distribution I am using where elementar settings are hidden away. What happened to the Unix philosophy? The system must use some form of file to store configuration values, and that file I can access. So even if the user experience is planned the way you describe ...

When I click on the icon after adding German and moving it up, still the only option I get is US american. When I go back to settings I see the German keyboard still priorised.

That said, I am starting to wonder whether something is generally wrong with that panel. The little wifi applet acts ...

Yea, that was kind of the problem: These settings were unresponsive. I could add a German keyboard, and priorise it, and yet the keyboard stayed american, and so did the flag on the panel. I have now found that when I erase the American keyboard and close the setup window without adding the German ...

Thank you. Rarely had such a civil welcome in a forum when posting to the wrong category.. ;-)

So by "Enlightenment's own keyboard tool" you mean the graphical tool in the taskbar which is unresponsive?
That must have some kind of configuration file, no? Some entry I could manually change?

I should add: I am not connecting this computer to the internet.

Hello, I am new here -

I just installed MX Linux 23.2. I am using the AV-Linux iso, but I had the same problem with pure MX Linux just before: I seem to be unable to change the keyboard to German.

- I did create and select the German keyboard for installation, but the installer ignored it.
- I ...