Hope the information below helps. I still cannot get a German keyboard layout with gnome. In a tty all works well, but not within the GUI.
Controlcenter->keyboard is set to german, keyboard is Generic 105 (Intl) PC [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ LC_ALL="C" apt-cache policy language-support-de language-support-de: Installed: 1:8.04+20080214 Candidate: 1:8.04+20080214 Version table: *** 1:8.04+20080214 0 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_hardy_partner_binary-i386_Packages) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo LC_ALL="C" apt-get install language-support-de Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done language-support-de is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_hardy_partner_binary-i386_Packages) W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo LC_ALL="C" apt-get update Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release.gpg Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release.gpg Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release Get:1 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release.gpg [191B] Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release.gpg Get:2 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release [65.9kB] Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Packages Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Packages Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Packages Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Packages Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Packages Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Sources Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Sources Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Sources Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Sources Get:3 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages [1190kB] Get:4 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages [7908B] Get:5 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages [4310kB] Get:6 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages [175kB] Get:7 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Sources [338kB] Get:8 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Sources [1646B] Get:9 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Sources [1325kB] Get:10 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Sources [60.2kB] Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Packages Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Packages Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Packages Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Sources Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Sources Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Sources Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Sources Fetched 7473kB in 12s (602kB/s) Reading package lists... Done W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_hardy_partner_binary-i386_Packages) W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems -- language-support-de can not be installed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/213304 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs