ASUS G51 Keyboard Layout

**lreal** · November 13th, 2009

Hello,

Some people have already related this problem when Karmic was still under test. I am with up-to-date Karmic here and still have this problem:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1294323

The backslash/pipe key prints less/greater signals. I still can type pipe using RightAlt plus this key, but I have no backslash, so this is quite annoying.

Has anyone reported this bug or have a solution for this?

Thanks in advance

**mihaid** · November 25th, 2009

i found the solution on another site:

Code:

xmodmap -e "keycode 94 = backslash bar"

cheers

**s3MA00RRNY** · December 8th, 2009

How do you get it to work in the console? I don't use the console that much, but it's annoying.

**andon21** · December 10th, 2009

Thanks so much, it was really annoying to not be able to pipe.

**s3MA00RRNY** · December 12th, 2009

I found a way to get it to work in the console, but I can't get it to stick. Modify the file /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/<country>.kmap.gz. Replace '86 = greater lesser bar' (or whatever it is) with '86 = backslash bar', then run 'sudo kbd-config' and select the new keymap. It will fix it, but you have to run the command every time.

**dummyaja** · December 29th, 2009

Originally Posted by mihaid

i found the solution on another site:

Code:

xmodmap -e "keycode 94 = backslash bar"

cheers

by using this code, i'm able to fix my g51 keyboard error.
to make it always run this command, u can place the command in the startup.

here are the step.
1. create execute able file. (place it where aver u want it and dont forget to chmod +x)

Code:

touch fix_keyboard.sh
chmod +x fix_keyboard.sh

2. insert command xmodmap into the file

Code:

nano fix_keyboard.sh
> type in = xmodmap -e "keycode 94 = backslash bar"
save the file

3. open System ->Preferences -> Statup Applications
in the Startup Programs Tab, click Add button.
fill up all the input,
search the file we create before (in this case fix_keyboard.sh).
press Add button.

Done.
try to restart and test your keyboard

**lreal** · February 10th, 2010

Thanks a lot for the help! It is working here.

**Sinlak** · October 25th, 2010

Thank you so much for this, I was losing my mind trying to solve this problem, I am learning cpp so I need thos keys! and im new to ubuntu so I needed the help. Thanks again!