Closing due to age.
If a similar bug appears in 15.04 (development) please open a new report.
** Changed in: console-setup (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Invalid
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120420
Title:
iMac UK keyboard layouts incorrect or fail
Status in console-setup package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
I can't get the tilde to work properly in Feisty ubuntu for a 20" iMac
in UK.
TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM
1. Select System > Preferences > Keyboard
2. Select tab Layouts
3. In the listbox "Selected layouts", check the item "United Kingdom
Macintosh"
4. At keyboard Model, click the Choose button
5. Highlight Macintosh
6. Click OK
This puts up a dialog box with the following text:
Error activating XKB configuration.
It can happen under various circumstances:
- a bug in libxklavier library
- a bug in X server (xkbcomp, xmodmap utilities)
- X server with incompatible libxkbfile implementation
X server version data:
The X.Org Foundation
70200000
If you report this situation as a bug, please include:
- The result of xprop -root | grep XKB
- The result of gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd
WORKAROUND
1. Select the tab "Layout Options"
2. Expand the entry "Miscellaneous compitability options"
3. Check the box "Swap keycodes of two keys when Mac keyboards are
misdetected by kernel"
4. Dismiss all open dialog boxes.
Tilde now works.
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