This still affects 12.04, 14.04 and beyond. In particular, Apple Bluetooth keyboard layouts (used with IBM-PC compatibles as well as Apple hardware), including the numeric keypad not operating in numeric mode and no obvious way to switch to it. "#" requires Right-alt+3, "~" and "|" keys reversed between Xorg and virtual terminals.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to console-setup in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120420 Title: iMac UK keyboard layouts incorrect or fail Status in console-setup package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: I can't get the tilde to work properly in Feisty ubuntu for a 20" iMac in UK. TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM 1. Select System > Preferences > Keyboard 2. Select tab Layouts 3. In the listbox "Selected layouts", check the item "United Kingdom Macintosh" 4. At keyboard Model, click the Choose button 5. Highlight Macintosh 6. Click OK This puts up a dialog box with the following text: Error activating XKB configuration. It can happen under various circumstances: - a bug in libxklavier library - a bug in X server (xkbcomp, xmodmap utilities) - X server with incompatible libxkbfile implementation X server version data: The X.Org Foundation 70200000 If you report this situation as a bug, please include: - The result of xprop -root | grep XKB - The result of gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd WORKAROUND 1. Select the tab "Layout Options" 2. Expand the entry "Miscellaneous compitability options" 3. Check the box "Swap keycodes of two keys when Mac keyboards are misdetected by kernel" 4. Dismiss all open dialog boxes. Tilde now works. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/console-setup/+bug/120420/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
