keyboard question

[Alex Maynard]

On Wed, 5 Nov 2008, Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 02:04:55PM -0500, Alex Maynard wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Looks like when I installed xubuntu I selected the wrong keyboard.
>> What would normally be a quotation mark produces unusual characters.
>> Following what I read at
>> http://linux.about.com/od/xubuntu_doc/a/xubudg24t01.htm.
>> I am trying to change this by editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>>
>> Under the keyboard section I have:
>>
>> Section "InputDevice"
>> 	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
>> 	Driver		"kbd"
>> 	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
>> 	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc105"
>> 	Option		"XkbLayout"	"us"
>> 	Option		"XkbVariant"	"intl"
>> 	Option		"XkbOptions"	"lv3:ralt_switch"
>> EndSection
>>
>> However, I am not sure what to change?  Just wondering if anyone has any
>> suggestion.
>
> Well us layout is pc104, not pc105.  You don't need a variant or options
> at all, so this should work:
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>      Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
>      Driver          "kbd"
>      Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
>      Option          "XkbModel"      "pc104"
>      Option          "XkbLayout"     "us"
> EndSection

That did the job.  Thanks so much!

Alex

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