Hi everyone, Following the first 4 instructions at <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ethiopian_Setup > I have managed to set my G1G1 XO laptop to accept input in Amharic. That's the good news.
The bad news is that I can no longer switch back to a US keyboard. Even commands typed into the Terminal now appear in Amharic, and refuse to execute. I can use the arrow keys in the Terminal to replay the sequence of commands that led to editing /etc/sysconfig/keyboard in nano, but I cannot get nano to save my changes. If I use ^O to Write Out the file, I find myself in the Journal, but nano is still open in the Terminal. If I use ^X to Exit nano, it asks if I want to save the modified buffer. Typing "y" produces an Amharic character which vaguely resembles a Q, and which nano refuses to recognize. The page at <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ethiopian_Setup> helpfully suggests that: You can toggle between the us and the et layouts by hitting the group switch key, which is mapped to the rightmost key below enter (labeled multiply/divide on US keyboards). In my experience, pressing this key inserts an x character. No combination of modifier keys along with the group switch key seems to have the desired effect. Any help in getting my XO back to its initial US settings would be appreciated. (Ideally, I'd like to be able to switch between the two on a regular basis). Thanks in advance, James _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel