uk keyboard setup

[AJB2K3]

During set-up i choose uk language with uk keyboard how ever when it logged in im on US ? WTF??
I went into the keyboard setup program and it was set to us not uk (again WTF?) i tryed setting it to use Uk instead of the xorg setup bet every time i hit close it returns to us !!!
Can someone help me?

[rbmorse]

How is that racist?

It's silly. But I don't see where it is racist.

[mali2297]

What does it say in /etc/X11/xorg.conf? I've got these lines (having a Swedish keyboard):

Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "kbd" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "se" EndSection

If you haven't got "uk" perhaps you should edit the file or reconfigure.

...or are you messing with me? How does the British keyboard layout differ from the American?

[pickarooney]

It should actually be "gb" instead of "uk". Presumably because Xorg is bigoted against Northern Ireland residents

[akadruid]

Hi

I have exactly the same problem.

It says gb in xorg.conf

@mali2297 UK keyboards different positions for lots of keys including "@~#|\/

akadruid

[pickarooney]

I've never had this problem in Ubuntu or Kubuntu, the keyboard always works as gb.
Is there something overriding the xorg setup?
Do all programs have the £ and @ moved around?

[nodcero]

@mali2297: And an important difference: the highly valued £-Key.
Currently we get basically 2 $-keys for it...

And the setup at installation worked, by the way, like a charm for me and my keyboard.
An obscure old make, but auto-detect was not fooled...

[bapoumba]

@ everyone: I've edited the thread title and every single post title.
@ OP: that was not a good and funny title...

[pickarooney]

@ bapoumba: ah, the old 'second degré', you guys will never quite get it
@ everyone else: are you using pc105 layout or something else?

[akadruid]

Originally Posted by pickarooney I've never had this problem in Ubuntu or Kubuntu, the keyboard always works as gb. Is there something overriding the xorg setup? Do all programs have the £ and @ moved around?

I only get it on 1 of my 3 ubuntu machines.
I have no idea if something is overriding the xorg setup - how do I tell?
Yes, the keyboard layout appears wrong in every program.

Also, my ALT-TAB, ALT-F1, ALT-F9 key combinations do not work, even after I change the keyboard back to UK.

@bapoumba, You are right to change the title but... it makes me sick that this thread gets loads of attention, but when I asked the same question yesterday with a sensible title a less 'WTF's in it, nobody even reads my question.... (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=479729) I guess you have to have a stupid title to get people's attention.