Keyboard keys ares scrambled when using terminal

linux-man · 05-18-2018, 09:29 PM

When I press the " (double apostrophe) key I get @ sign and
when I press @ key I get " (double apostrophe)
This is happening in terminal Zorin
Is this normal?

Soadyheid · 05-19-2018, 02:07 PM

Looks like your keyboard is not set for the correct country code. (Your details don't say whether you're from the US, UK, etc, so I've no idea what sort of keyboard layout you should have configured.

You can change it within the keyboard control panel.

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DavidMcCann · 05-20-2018, 11:12 AM

What you've got is either a US keyboard driver with a UK keyboard, or the other way around.

When you say "terminal", do you mean the terminal emulator run in the GUI, or a CLI interface with no GUI? If this is the emulator, that will use the same driver as all the other software and the choice is set with the GUI configuration. If you are not using a GUI, then you can switch with the command "loadkeys uk" or "loadkeys us" as required. You may notice that the GUI driver is called "gb" and the CLI one "uk" — who knows why!

hazel · 05-20-2018, 12:45 PM

Everything defaults to the US arrangement! If you want the English one, you have to ask for it. But normally the installer will handle that for you automatically.

linux-man · 05-20-2018, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidMcCann

When you say "terminal", do you mean the terminal emulator run in the GUI, or a CLI interface with no GUI?

I mean terminal within the GUI, I typed "terminal" within Zorin vm search box.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidMcCann

If this is the emulator, that will use the same driver as all the other software and the choice is set with the GUI configuration.

Am I able to adjust keyboard within GUI or GUI terminal?

AwesomeMachine · 05-20-2018, 06:57 PM

Yes, you can run the same commands in a virtual terminal as an actual terminal. Generally everything is the same. Keyboard layouts are a notable exception.

hazel · 05-21-2018, 12:50 AM

The gui terminal keyboard is set in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d. If you want a UK keyboard, there should be a file there specifying it. For example I have one called 10-keyboard.conf, which contains the text

Code:

Section "InputClass"
    Identifier             "Keyboard Defaults"
    MatchIsKeyboard        "yes"
    Option                 "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection

If you don't specify the layout, you get US.

DavidMcCann · 05-21-2018, 10:52 AM

You don't need to manually alter any files. I believe you're using the Gnome desktop, so look in the menu for "System settings" and you should find a tool under a heading like "language" or "keyboard".

rokytnji · 05-21-2018, 02:06 PM

Turning on number locks does strange things to key board key layouts also I have found on laptops.

Sometimes the Fn key gets hit accidentally < like a cat walking across the keyboard >

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