Comments on: How to fix keyboard mapping issue of Gnome / Vnc in ubuntu

By: val

val — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 04:22:14 +0000

Great tip, thanks!

Andrew — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:25:47 +0000

Thanks for tip #2!

What a horrible and frustrating problem!

milkfilk — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:07:47 +0000

I’ve never had this problem all the years of using Linux but on a new install I eventually did have this problem. Your post was very helpful (#2).

Preston — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:30:35 +0000

#1 worked for me but I had to modify some of the options to use two dashes:

gconftool –-set /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd/layouts –-type List –-list-type String [aa]

Untanux — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:45:13 +0000

The second example worked for me just fine. Thank you very much.

Jason — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:00:45 +0000

Thankyou so much, this issue is found so much around the net on various distros of Linux, I’m surprised it hasnt been resolved yet

Tony — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:39:53 +0000

The first one failed for me (Unknown option -set) but the second one worked like a charm. Thanks!

EricInWisconsin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:24:04 +0000

First solution did nothing. No joy.

The second solution was the key. Thanks!

Kristof Szabo — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:32:25 +0000

Many thanks! (I used the second method as well.)

Andy Mitchell — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:45:04 +0000

Spot-on, am a “Rookie Linux” guy and this worked for me