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Should you need to change graphical server settings, however, you can run the configuration tools or edit the configuration files that set up the infrastructure to use the XFree86 server. See the man pages for more information; your distribution might have its own tools. Since misconfiguration may result in unreadable garbage in graphical mode, you may want to make a backup copy of the configuration file before attempting to change it, just to be on the safe side.
7.4. Region specific settings
7.4.1. Keyboard setup
Setting the keyboard layout is done using the loadkeys command for text consoles. Use your local X configuration tool or edit the Keyboard section in XF86Config manually to configure the layout for graphical mode. The XkbdLayout is the one you want to set:
XkbLayout "us"
XkbLayout "us"
This is the default. Change it to your local settings by replacing the quoted value with any of the names listed in the subdirectories of your keymaps directory. If you can't find the keymaps, try displaying their location on your system issuing the command
locate keymaps
It is possible to combine layout settings, like in this example:
Xkblayout "us,ru"
Xkblayout "us,ru"
Make a backup of the /etc/X11/XF86Config file before editing it! You will need to use the root account to do this.
Log out and reconnect in order to reload X settings.