# English Keyboard **URL:** \ **Category:** Robot Communication\ **Created:** [September 20, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/english-keyboard/2769 "2018-09-20T02:05:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![christian.mackin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@christian.mackin](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/christian.mackin)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/english-keyboard/2769/1 "2018-09-20T02:05:45Z")
I am having trouble getting any connected keyboard to use a standard US English command. If I type “-” I get “+”. The only close option in Setup is Int’l English and that does not work. ---
**Author:** ![ajp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.universal-robots.com/ajp/32/471_2.png) [@ajp](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/ajp)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/english-keyboard/2769/2 "2018-09-21T02:47:01Z")
Hi @christian.mackin, This language option in setup will only change the onscreen language, not the keyboard input language. You’ll need to change this within Linux, I don’t have a real robot infront of me to check but I think you need to change the XKBLAYOUT line to =“us” in /etc/default/keyboard and then reboot. ---
**Author:** ![anon32310726](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anon32310726](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/anon32310726)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/english-keyboard/2769/3 "2021-06-17T11:21:55Z")
Hi @ajp conecting this thread [Keyboard setting](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/keyboard-setting/14949) I have the same problem, looked into your solution with our IT guy, but we don’t see a way to change the keyboard input language. can you eleborate more about your solution? would have tought to find it here: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/universal_robots/original/2X/4/43a29dc3b7fb728e408924b3a0189a6bd6fd6c5b.jpeg) thanks in advance, Corné ---
**Author:** ![Ebbe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.universal-robots.com/ebbe/32/1413_2.png) [@Ebbe](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/Ebbe)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/english-keyboard/2769/4 "2021-06-17T13:56:11Z")
Hi @anon32310726, You need to do the following steps 1. Go to the terminal by pressing CTRL+ALT+F6 2. type in “root” as user and admin password default is “easybot” 3. type in “nano /etc/default/keyboard” and hit enter 4. modify the file according to @ajp instruction 5. press CTRL+X to exit and save changes 6. reboot the system I hope that solves your challenge Ebbe ---
**Author:** ![anon507564](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@anon507564](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/anon507564)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/english-keyboard/2769/5 "2021-06-17T14:24:00Z")
> [@Ebbe](#): > > - type in… admin password default is “easybot” I can’t get the password for URSim to work. ursim login: root password: easybot Login incorrect ---
**Author:** ![Ebbe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.universal-robots.com/ebbe/32/1413_2.png) [@Ebbe](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/Ebbe)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/english-keyboard/2769/6 "2021-06-17T14:25:51Z")
Please consider that your keyboard layout can affect the password you type in ---
**Author:** ![anon507564](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@anon507564](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/anon507564)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/english-keyboard/2769/7 "2021-06-17T14:54:20Z")
Not trying to be rude but that doesn’t really help. I did test this, though… I typed the user name as easybot and it came out correctly. When I type in root as the username it came out correctly. ---
**Author:** ![sya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.universal-robots.com/sya/32/216_2.png) [@sya](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/sya)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/english-keyboard/2769/8 "2021-06-17T17:15:56Z")
Hi @anon32310726 , You could refer to this article to solve your problem. [https://www.universal-robots.com/articles/ur/application-installation/changing-the-console-keyboard-layout/](https://www.universal-robots.com/articles/ur/application-installation/changing-the-console-keyboard-layout/) ---
**Author:** ![sya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.universal-robots.com/sya/32/216_2.png) [@sya](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/sya)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/english-keyboard/2769/9 "2021-06-17T17:36:09Z")
Hi @anon507564 , In the URsim, the default keyboard setting is US already so why do you need a password? Do you want to change it to other keyboard layout? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/universal_robots/original/2X/7/7bebfd4c2fa14c8563edae2399df07caf58a5aea.jpeg) If you really need to log in the ubuntu as “root” with a new password in ursim, you could follow steps below in the terminal console. I suggest you still use “easybot” as the password to avoid forgetting it. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/universal_robots/original/2X/3/344eef5e015d0b3ea842289cb65d501483254d36.png) ---
**Author:** ![anon507564](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@anon507564](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/anon507564)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/english-keyboard/2769/10 "2021-06-17T21:27:45Z")
I was actually trying to use it to use the file manager. Figured it was the same. Not a biggie. I can use shared folders. Takes longer to set up but works fine. ---
**Author:** ![ajp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.universal-robots.com/ajp/32/471_2.png) [@ajp](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/ajp)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/english-keyboard/2769/11 "2021-06-18T00:13:47Z")
URSim is set up using user “ur” where as the real robot just uses root. I would guess that’s why it was telling you the password was wrong in URSim… easybot is the password for ur not root? ---
**Author:** ![anon32310726](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anon32310726](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/anon32310726)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/english-keyboard/2769/12 "2021-06-18T06:21:27Z")
@sya and @Ebbe, thanks a lot for your help! the description worked for me 😀 Corné ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.universal-robots.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2021, 6:22am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/english-keyboard/2769/13 "2021-06-20T06:22:06Z")
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