setup sets PC keyboard layout on macs
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
After the installation, the keyboard setting is set to a PC keyboard. This means that I (previously
accustomed to MacOSX and YellowDog linux) wasn't able to type any of the []|{}\ chars (which are
inconveniently placed in the german Mac kb layout anyway, but I'm used to it).
I solved this by changing the value of XkbModel to "macintosh". Ideally, the installer would ask you if
you want a macintosh or PC keyboard layout (e.g. if you have a USB PC keyboard).
The changed section in /etc/xorg.conf looks as follows:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "macintosh"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
Option "XkbOptions" "lv3:lwin_switch"
EndSection
Changed in xorg: | |
assignee: | daniels → nobody |
Changed in xorg: | |
assignee: | tfheen → nobody |
Colin, Martin, James, Thom, is this a sensible thing to be doing by default?