Re: Wrong Keyboard

From	pinnerite <pinnerite@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux.mint
Subject	Re: Wrong Keyboard
Date	2022-01-18 12:36 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<20220118123643.197d6e2540b0591354c384db@gmail.com> (permalink)
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 18:07:07 +1300
Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid> wrote:

> On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:03:32 +0000, pinnerite wrote:
> 
> > Subject: Wrong Keyboard
> 
> > I installed Mint 20.3 with locale etc all pointing to English UK.
> > 
> > Yet the keyboard produces US keyboard characters. e.g.
> > The pound symbol produces a hash, double quotes generates the @ symbol.
> > 
> > System settings->Languages shows only UK English!
> > 
> > What further can I do?
> 
> 
> Setting the language is *not* the same as setting the keyboard.
> 
> To set the keyboard, 
>  1.  Go to "System Settings"; 
>  2.  Scroll down to the "Hardware" section and open "Keyboard"; 
>  3.  Then select the "Layouts" tab.  
> The left pane will show your current keyboard or keyboards.
> 
> The keyboard you want is called "English (UK)".  If it is not
> listed, click the "+" sign at the bottom of the left panel and
> add it.  
> 
>     screen-shot: <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=24_linux_mint_keyboard_selection.png>
> 
> 
> -- 
> Kind regards
> Ralph
> 🦊 

I appreciate the advice, except the only item under 'Lasyouts' is English (UK)!





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