According to this bug report: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1025041
"According to an upstream bug report, the ANSI/ISO detection of the keyboard is incorrect." there's a walk-around: echo 0 > /sys/module/hid_apple/parameters/iso_layout I can confirm that this fixes the problem on macbook air 6,2 (2013) with ubuntu 13.10. ** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #1025041 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1025041 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1245081 Title: macbook keyboard layout maps the tilde key to something else To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1245081/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs