I want to connect two keyboard sets to my computer. Is it possible to set each for a specific language. So that there's no need to change language each time.
For example:
keyboard 1 types russian
keyboard 2 types english
Using xinput and setxkbmap utilities, you can set from terminal so that each keyboard to have a different layout.
First, using xinput -list | grep key command, you have to find the device ID of each keyboard. Here s an example (my case):
$ xinput -list | grep key
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Sleep Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ 2.4GHz 2way RF Receiver id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ HP Webcam id=12 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=13 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ HP WMI hotkeys id=15 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ USB Keyboard id=16 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ USB Keyboard id=17 [slave keyboard (3)]
And second, using setxkbmap -device <key_ID> -layout <layout_name>, set the layout which you wish for each keyboard. An example (for my keyboards):
setxkbmap -device 3 -layout ro #My master keyboard is set to Romanian layout
setxkbmap -device 10 -layout us #The keyboard with id=10 is set to English (US) layout
setxkbmap -device 16 -layout ru #The keyboard with id=16 is set to EFor Russian layout
