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bgodea

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From: California, USA

Registered: 2006-06-27

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keyboard layout problems in Gnome

I'm not sure if it was a recent upgrade that did it or not, but in gnome my keyboard layout is only half right. I checked the keyboard manager in the gnome menu and it was set to Generic 105 key (INTEL).

In xorg.conf the keyboard is listed as pc105. In KDE the keyboard works normally.

Captain Spaulding

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Registered: 2006-11-16

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Re: keyboard layout problems in Gnome

That's not "Intel" that's "international." Since you are living in the USA I bet you have a US keyboard, which is usually a 104 keys keyboard. Set your xorg.conf or your Gnome (preferably both) to this setting and you will be fine.

bgodea

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From: California, USA

Registered: 2006-06-27

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Re: keyboard layout problems in Gnome

I changed the Gnome keyboard layout to "104 key PC" and also tried changing my xorg.conf, but I still have the same problem. In non-graphical and KDE it works fine

Captain Spaulding

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Re: keyboard layout problems in Gnome

I changed the Gnome keyboard layout to "104 key PC" and also tried changing my xorg.conf, but I still have the same problem. In non-graphical and KDE it works fine

You also have to setup a valid layout for this kind of keyboard. That is done in the same dialog field. Then, what do you mean with "tried"? First off, if Gnome and X disagree about keyboard layout, Gnome complains loudly. Thus KDE is unilaterally setting the layout to something it likes. Check your Kconfig to find out what it is. Then find the section named InputDevice in /etc/X11/xorg.conf that looks something like this:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
        Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
        Option      "XkbRules" "xorg"
        Option      "XkbModel" "pc104"
EndSection

Change it to resemble this example, if it doesn't. Check if your ServerLayout actually uses this InputDevice. Finally, is there anything else we should know about your keyboard? Do you run XGL/AIGLX?

Last edited by Captain Spaulding (2007-04-03 16:50:46)