[SOLVED] changing the keyboard layout

hello,

I am using an english ( US ) keyboard. The position for @ on the keybord is shift 2, but I ve to do it with Alt Q and I want to correct this. The # should be on shift 3 but is positioned on the key beyound the tab key. I d like to correct this in the xmodmap, but I dont know to do it. can anybobody help me with this?

Sounds like you have the wrong keyboard layout selected, look for a system control centre, or such, on your menu, it all depends on your desktop environment as to where you will find it, but it should be on your menu somewhere.

when installing lubuntu, I marked english ( US ) keybord and german language.

First, see this question and this page in Ubuntu Community Help Wiki.

Next, please show the output of

xmodmap -pke|egrep -w 24\|108

madmax@travelmate4021:~$ xmodmap -pke|egrep -w 24\|108
keycode  24 = q Q q Q at Greek_OMEGA at Greek_OMEGA
keycode 108 = ISO_Level3_Shift Multi_key ISO_Level3_Shift Multi_key
madmax@travelmate4021:~$

I found out in etc\default\keyboard,that the keyboarad layout installation is british and not american although the keyboard is american.

with

sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

I changed that and now the prob has been solved.