On Monday 19 May 2008 10:54:52 Michael Holloway wrote:
> > sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
> > sudo X -configure
> > sudo mv <location given for your new xorg> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> >
> > Haven't tried it yet, but will when I get home to my laptop. Would
> > appreciate it if you could let me know if this fixes it!
> >
> > --
> > Andrew Oakley
>
> Andrew: Thanks for the suggestion.
>
> Well after running that, it completely messed up my xorg.conf, and
> reverted my display to (something low?) to the point that the KDE system
> settings wasn't even able to configure the video card... However; IT DID
> indeed fix the keyboard problem. Using diffs and trial and error i have
> isolated the cause: Xkblayout: "uk". After commenting that out (in my
> original xorg.conf), it works. Only problem is now i have an american
> keyboard! Will try and figure out a proper solution, and submit a bug or
> something.
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> ... (blah blah)
> # Option "XkbLayout" "uk"
>
> Cheers,
> Michael
Shouldn't that be "gb"? The same part from my xorg.conf shows:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
Option "XkbOptions" "lv3:ralt_switch"
EndSection
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