Problems with localization in Gnome 2.20.2

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Sun, 2008-03-23 at 21:28 +0100, TooMany Secrets wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 1:54 AM, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus at marcuscom.com> wrote:
> >
> >  On Sun, 2008-03-23 at 01:38 +0100, TooMany Secrets wrote:
> >  > On 3/22/08, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus at marcuscom.com> wrote:
> >  > > First, check your LANG in the terminal (echo $LANG). Next, check the
> >  > > current character encoding under Terminal > Set Character Encoding (or
> >  > > whatever that is in Spanish). Finally, check Keyboard Capplet's Layout
> >  > > tab to make sure a Spanish keyboard layout is selected. I tested
> >  > > everything except changing my layout, and I can paste a ñ into
> >  > > gnome-terminal from gucharmap:
> 
> In Gnome Terminal, the encoding is correct set to: es_ES:ISO8851-15.
> 
> >  > And, finally (is evident that I have a long time without gnome) the
> >  > Keyboard Capplet's Layout... Is in the "System" menu, right?
> 
> In System > Preferences > Keyboard , in Distributions tab, I have:
> 
> Keyboard Model: generic 105-key (OK)
> 
> Selected Distributions:
> U.S. English
> 
> The "Add" and "Del" buttons are in grey mode (inactives).

Launch gconf-editor, then go to /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd
and unset all the keys there.  That should allow you to use your
system-define keyboard layout.

Joe

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