open terminal in this folder $sudo cp kanaada /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/kanaada open folder /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules open terminal in rules folder $sudo gedit evdev.xml Search for paste this inside layoutList kanaada kanaada Ka-Naada Keyboard kn-naada Ka-Naada Kannada Keyboard kan hi-naada Ka-Naada Hindi Keyboard hin te-naada Ka-Naada Telugu Keyboard tel my-naada Ka-Naada Malayalam Keyboard mal en-naada Ka-Naada English Keyboard eng bn-naada Ka-Naada Bengali Keyboard ben pa-naada Ka-Naada Gurmukhi Keyboard pan gu-naada Ka-Naada Gujarati Keyboard guj or-naada Ka-Naada Odia Keyboard ori