English (UK) to English (US) using Mandrake8

[taualph]

My first ever attempt to partition Windows and install Mandrake 8 worked.

But I stupidly changed the 'Language' screen
from
English (US)
to
English (UK)

Now my keyboard is giving me:
a Double-Quote symbol when I try to type @
[and vice versa];
an English Pound symbol instead of a hash;
the tilde symbol instead a pipe character;

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so I *think* I have three questions:

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In KDE, under
Control Center/Personalisation/Country and Language/Locale
I added
Country: Australia
but the rest of that tab-screen is already set at:
Language: English US (C)
Charset: iso8859-1

and (even after restarting) the terminal
windows still print an @ symbol instead of
a double-quote character.

Does that mean I need to change the value of
''Charset: ...'' to some other number?

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It didn't ask me to logon as root either -
shouldn't I need that to make system-wide
changes?

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when I logout and login as root, then check KDE,
under
Control Center/Personalisation/Country and Language/Locale
it shows
Country: Australia
Language: English US (C)
Charset: iso8859-1

and in .../Keyboard Layout/Layout
it shows:
Keyboard Model: Generic 104-key PC
Primary Layout: US English

Are these what I change (and if so, what are
the correct values) to get system-wide:
@ character when I type SHIFT+2
double-quote when I type SHIFT+'
pipe character when I type SHIFT+\
hash character when I type SHIFT+3

TIA
thomas allen

[mrBen]

You need to change the hardware, not the software settings. Go into HardDrake and change the keyboard to English (UK).

[taualph]

Thanx MrBen, but HardDrake lists no keyboard
at all. Is HardDrake only for 'External'
devices? (I installed on a laptop).

+ I'm trying to get it out of UK and into US.

[mrBen]

Crap. I was sure it did. Erm, is there a Keyboard and Mouse setting in the K settings/config menu? I'm sure there was something in HardDrake that did it.

Oooh - question: does your keyboard work OK in a normal terminal window (ie outside X). Press Ctrl-Alt-f2 and try it there. If it works there then you could re-enter your X settings with XConfigurator (or similar)

[bdg1983]

There are settings in the KDE Contol Center under Peripherals/Keyboard and Personalization/Country that may fix your problem.

[taualph]

is there a Keyboard and Mouse
setting in the K settings/config menu

Yes, those are the KDE settings I listed above.


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question: does your keyboard work OK
in a normal terminal window (ie outside X).

No, I still get the same thing whether I'm
using the graphical or the terminal/text-only
interfaces.

I also tried CTRL+ALT+F2, but that gives the
same result:
each time I type an @ symbol it echos double-quotes instead, etc..

[mrBen]

Sorry - bit confused because I'm not sitting in front of KDE. Is there a entry under ( I think, IIRC) K -> Setting -> Hardware -> Keyboard and Mouse, and does it lead somewhere different. If not, then what are the options you get HardDrake...... aha, brainwave - is there an option in DrakConf (not HardDrake DOH!) for keyboard and mouse?

[bdg1983]

Sorry as I should have noticed.

Happens both in X and without X. Hmmm.

I was going to suggest modifying XF86Config(-4)

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "keyboard"
Identifier "keyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Would it help or has it already been suggested.

[taualph]

Problem solved - going through
*Mandrake* Control Centre.

Thanx for your help guys :)

[error27]

Mdwatts you could do that. And then for the terminal you could use kbdconfig.

Or you could use drakeconf and do both at once through the wiz bang gui.