On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 11:00:47PM +0100, David W Noon wrote: > On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:14:59 +0100, Matt Harrison wrote about > [gentoo-user] fighting over keyboard layouts: > > [snip] > > No matter what I do (which admittedly isn't very much as I don't know > > X stuff that well), I cannot get a decent keyboard layout in gnome. > > If you're using the evdev driver for keyboard and mouse (you should > be!) then something like this in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf might help. > > # Configuration for evdev-controlled input devices. > Section "InputClass" > Identifier "keyboard" > Driver "evdev" > Option "XkbLayout" "gb" > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" > MatchIsKeyboard "on" > EndSection > > Section "InputClass" > Identifier "pointer" > Driver "evdev" > MatchIsPointer "on" > EndSection > > > The bit about "XkbLayout" "gb" should do the trick. [Just be aware that > there is a national language code "uk", but it is for Ukrainian.]
Thanks David, I wasn't using an xorg.conf before but just threw those sections in and it seems perfect. I was just in the middle of digging out a USB dvd drive to try James' suggestion but now I can save my energy. Thanks guys
