laptop keyboard mapping for X

[Ben Pfaff]

Mike Rambo <mrambo@lsd.k12.mi.us> writes:

> I've got a Computer Warehouse laptop (no idea who made it) upon which
> I've installed Linux.  I have keyboard map problems only when using X. 
> It doesn't start X by default and all the keyboard keys work fine from
> the console.  When in X, whether using an xterm or any other app some
> keys do not do what they're supposed to do.  For example, underscore
> does equal, equal does caret, plus does tilde, single quote does
> asterisk, double quote does colon, colon does plus and a few others are
> wrong.  Interestingly a few are right, comma, period, semi-colon among
> others.  All the letter and unshifted numbers are right.

Have you tried xkeycaps[1]?  It has a database of keyboard
layouts, including some laptop layouts.  You might find one that
matches yours.

[1] By jwz, the original author of Netscape.
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