Keyboard layouts failing to apply

Question

I have an Ubuntu 11.04 install for which I can't seem to get the correct (UK English) keyboard mapping set on. Running setxkmap produces an error:

"XKB extension not present on :10.0".

If go to System -> Keyboards -> Layouts and select the only layout installed "English Keymap" and press Show, I get a blank dialog.

I'm using xrdp and that this is almost certainly connected to xrdp using it's own keyboard mapping files. What I can't tell is how it can be changed.

Does anyone know how I can install and activate the correct keymap?

Answer 1

To make your own keymap

• Log onto the console
• Run setxkbmap with the parameters that correspond to your layout
• xrdp-genkeymap filename

so in my case I did

• setxkbmap –model pc104 –layout us –variant dvorak
• xrdp-genkeymap km-0409.ini

The keymap I ended up with had problems with some keys (eg arrow keys) so I had to copy keys 98 to 107 from the original keymap file.