Hey guys,

I'm having a real stickler with Vector Linux 5.9 and Slackware 12.1. I've just done a fresh install of each. I've gone up and down the list of keyboard maps available and can't get mine to work properly. I have a Spanish keyboard (which works flawlessly on Ubuntu/Debian/Fedora and Puppy). If I select the Spanish keyboard map my alphanumeric keys work fine but I can't get any of the correct punctuation characters.

On the Spanish keyboard (when it's working) the '2' button also has '@' and double quotes on it. I get @ with AltGr and quotes with Shift. On Vector and Slack I can't get double quotes at all and @ appears with Shift. All of the other characters are messed up in the wrong order. I can't get an exclamation mark from '1' either

I can guarantee that my keyboard is a standard Spanish layout. Which keyboard map do I use?

Oh, and just for the record I've tried two other keyboards without success.

Thanks folks.

What desktop would you be using?

Well this is the thing, I'm not using any desktops, just the terminal. When I do I use IceWM and XFCE I still have the same problem.

I tried working on this all night last night. The only way I got it to work was to reprogram the keyboard map myself. I did this in Slackware but when I take the keyboard map to Vector all sorts of weird things happen and I'm not sure why - I've been a Slackware user for 11 years and I though Vector was Slack underneath.

Beyond my depth.

Is your installation in Spanish? Would a Spanish installation or a live-cd set to Spanish, if that is possible, give you a file with a content that would help you? I'm just guessing. Your level of expertise is for me like meeting Grendal in the dark.