[Gllug] Why does X ignore my keyboard settings?

[John Winters]

On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 16:59, Ian Norton wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 20:55, John Winters wrote:
> > I've set up a fresh install of Debian Sarge for my work box and have a
> > really odd problem with X.  I chose "gb" for the keyboard but the system
> > insists on treating it as a "us" keyboard.  Snippet from config file:
> > 
> > Section "InputDevice"
> >         Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
> >         Driver          "keyboard"
> >         Option          "CoreKeyboard"
> >         Option          "XkbRules"      "xfree86"
> >         Option          "XkbModel"      "pc105"
> >         Option          "XkbLayout"     "gb"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > which is the same as I have on my other boxes, and yet all the crucial
> > keys come up in their American positions and not where they should.  The
> > startup log for X says it is using gb layout - what else would stop it
> > from doing what it says it's doing?
> 
> What window manager/desktop environment are you using?
> 
> if its gnome2 you might want to look in Applications->Desktop
> Preferences->Keyboard
> 
> there you will find a 'layout' tab that can override the X setting.

Hah!  You ring the bell and win a cigar or coconut according to choice.

The silly thing is, if I'd been a naive new user I'd probably have found
that ages ago.  Trouble was, I *knew* exactly how such things are set,
but suddenly I was wrong.

Thanks for your help.

John

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