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+# KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION FILE
+# slick-greeter/lightdm use it to display the default keyboard layouts
+# Consult the keyboard(5) manual page.
+# https://manpages.debian.org/jessie/keyboard-configuration/keyboard.5.en.html
+
+XKBMODEL="pc105"
+XKBLAYOUT="us,de"
+XKBVARIANT=""
+XKBOPTIONS=""
+
+BACKSPACE="guess"