It translates to the same layout in the terminal too so I'm guessing it's an xorg problem, failing that it may be a debian-installer bug.
This currently effects all fresh installs for users with british keyboards ** Changed in: Ubuntu Sourcepackagename: None => xorg-server Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- Edgy choice of UK Dead Keys Layout in Gnome https://launchpad.net/bugs/58016 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs