[plug] Laptop keymap issue.

[meyerri]

Could you use xmodmap to send a different keystroke?

Just a thought.

Cheers
RM

---- Original Message ----
From: shayneo at bestflights.com.au
To: plug at plug.org.au
Subject: RE: [plug] Laptop keymap issue.
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:49:18 +0800

>Argh. It gets worse.
>
>If I select any of the US keyboards, it makes no difference, its
>broken.
>
>If I select a british keyboard, it fixes the problem of the |\ key,
>but
>breaks half the other keys.
>
>Maddening. 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On
>Behalf Of Tomasz Grzegurzko
>Sent: Thursday, 20 July 2006 11:01 AM
>To: plug at plug.org.au
>Subject: Re: [plug] Laptop keymap issue.
>
>On 7/20/06, Shayne O'Neill <shayneo at bestflights.com.au> wrote:
>>
>> Hey guys, Just rejoined the list, new job all that.
>>
>> I've got a new lappie, well a few months. Its got Ubuntu on it, and
>
>> I've got a slight issue.
>>
>> It's a NEC Versa E2000, running Ubuntu (Warty Warthog. I'll move to
>
>> dapper one day), and its all good except for one *vexatious* little
>
>> problem
>>
>> My Keyboard has a key in the corner that has a | and a \. Problem
>is 
>> its mapped as a < and a > .
>>
>> For the life of me I cant work out how to remap it, the worst part 
>> being is theres no other way to put those two, rather important
>characters in.
>>
>> Can anyone point me where I ought be looking?
>>
>>
>> Shayne  O'Neill
>> ---------
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>
>I had this problem a while ago -- someone set their keymap to
>british.
>
>Stolen from <http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36>
>
>apt-get install console-data console-tools debconf dpkg-reconfigure
>console-data
>
>
>Tomasz
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