Keyboard layout change in Ubuntu
I’ve had this problem a couple of times in my Ubuntu machine. I installed it with US keyboard layout, and then changed it to UK later (for my user). Even when I select the correct keyboard model (Generic 105-key (Intl) PC), and layout (United Kingdom International) some keys still act weirdly (e.g. pressing ” does nothing, and if I press it twice I get a strange “-like symbol). I fixed it by running:
sudo xmodmap /usr/share/xmodmap/xmodmap.uk
March 18th, 2007 at 6:06 am
the ¨¨ thing is caused by the International layout – pressing ‘ and then a will make á.
April 21st, 2007 at 12:37 pm
thanks Andy :-) that solved a few issues
cheers Mate
May 15th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
Thanks. This has been a big help!
May 15th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
Glad to be of service!
August 1st, 2007 at 7:02 pm
Thanks Andy! Lost my swedish ÅåÄäÖö, and found them here ;-)
August 1st, 2007 at 10:06 pm
Great news Andre – wouldn’t want you to have to survive without them…
December 1st, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Seems to fix a problem i had on my Norwegian PC as well.
øøøææææÆÆÆ back again.
January 15th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Great! Works fine with a UK Keyboard stuck in French mode for historical reasons…
June 4th, 2008 at 4:20 am
I have a Compaq Presario R3000 lap top. I can not seem to get the layout right no matter what. I purchased it in Canada. I guess the layout is the same as US. Non of my SHIFT characters are correct and i am missing @ from the keyboard entirely. Any suggestions?
July 29th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Thanks, this solved my problem when nothing else could. By the way I needed my slovenian configuration by changing last two letters into si. THANKS REALLLLY
November 1st, 2008 at 6:15 pm
thanx dude it ran
December 15th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
I’d like to use ubuntu with at least 3 language layouts without having to write scripts if possible. Is there any option like in windows where you can change with alt-tab?
December 15th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Hi Peter, the “Keyboard Indicator” applet might help, but I’ve no idea really I’m afraid. You can install that by right-clicking on the Panel, choosing “Add to Panel…” and then clicking “Keyboard Indicator”, then “Add”. Good luck!
December 16th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Muchas gracias :) That’s what i’ve been looking for. If i find a hotkey for the function, i’ll post it here. thx again :)
December 16th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Glad to be of help :)
April 6th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
thanks andy!!:)got really scared for a min!!thank you sooo much
April 20th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Hi andy and others, i have installed ubuntu in my DELL INSPIRON-1525, my keys are not working inside terminals.. Backspace is not functioning and many more strange symbols.. i have a layout of USA and DELL in my settings.. help me out.. thank you..
June 6th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Cheers mate, another problem solved ;)
June 24th, 2009 at 10:26 am
Thanks, that solved my problem of not having all this bountiful polish characters as well!
August 17th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
Thank You very much !!!!!
September 16th, 2009 at 2:00 am
I was so glad to get your message about sudo xmodmap
Now at least I can do ‘ and ` and ~ and ^ but now ” and @ are reversed. I’ll try some other layouts. . . .I guess I can learn to substitute shift-2 for shift-
I’m on a Dell Inspiron
September 16th, 2009 at 2:05 am
Actually, it seems I’ll have to run the sudo xmodmap every time I boot. Is there any way I can get it into a config.sys or autoexec.bat, to use a couple of ancient terms?
October 22nd, 2009 at 4:21 pm
2chris lanz:
just put it into automatic sessions:
menu-system-preferences-sessions
January 26th, 2010 at 6:04 am
andy balaam, yes!, this was a great help indeed, should be more widely known one, I am using Linux for 10 years and never got to it…Thanks! Croatian and Polish, with mandarin (zhujin), really good.