*SOLVED* I had a similar problem with a brand new install of Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) with a French keyboard.
At the first boot, the keyboard mapping was US. I simply used the gnome- keyboard-properties application to add a French layout and make it the default. At this point, I had two keyboard layouts defined in this app, the US (not used) and the French (default). However, I observed that in gnome-terminal and some other gtk apps; the emacs line editing command was still obeying the US layout (e.g., to send the cursor to the beginning of the line, Ctrl-A didn't work, I had to hit Ctrl-Q, because Q and A are switched between the French and US layout). So this was the same problem as Oli44 (and other posters). Solution: using gnome-keyboard-properties, I deleted the US layout. Now the gnome-terminal line editing works normally. This is still a bug in gtk, however. -- ubuntu gnome-terminal - wrong key mapping in bash with a french keyboard https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/174832 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
