[Gllug] Why does X ignore my keyboard settings?

[Ian Norton]

On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 06:15:31PM +0100, John Winters wrote:
> 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.
> 

no problem :-)

I myself didnt actually think it would solve the problem :-)

Ian

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