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In a fresh installation of Hardy, fully up-to-date, with no previous ~/.* files, I cannot change to the correct keyboard layout. This means that I can't type a hash, which can be important when programming :) This follows a problem I had a few days ago where I pressed a key on the keypad and the keyboard layout went completely wrong. Most of the keys didn't work at all, and some of the letter keys were recognised as numbers. Changing the keyboard layout did not help, nor did rebooting. I deleted all the ~/.gconf* and ~/.gnome directories, then logged in again, and that worked. While the keyboard layout was completely b0rked, I did manage to run the commands suggested in the error message, and they came out as pasted at the end. This is the same as the more recent but less eventful layout failure. I'm using a one of the newish Apple keyboards, the thin ones, connected by USB. The error message: > 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 > 10400090 $ xprop -root | grep XKB _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "gb", "mac", "" _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "gb", "mac", "" $ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd layouts = [] model = macintosh overrideSettings = true options = [] ** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed -- Changing keyboard layout to Macintosh failed https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/261516 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs