I've just installed Ubuntu Server 11.10 and the tilde (~) and double quotes (") keys don't do anything – they don't print to the screen. I'm only using the command line (no GUI) and many tutorials say to use setxkbmap and xmodmap which aren't working for me.
Ubuntu – tilde and double quote keys don’t work on the command line
command linekeyboardserver
Related Solutions
Thanks to the suggestions of the Xorg community I found out the correct setxkbmap command:
setxkbmap -option ctrl:ralt_rctrl
Gnome
Gnome preserve xkb options.
Use
dconf-editor→ Follow path/org/gnome/desktop/input-sourcesPut layouts needed in
sources, example:[('xkb','us'),('xkb','ara')]Add
setxkbmapoptions toxkb-options, example:['grp:rshift_toggle', 'grp:rctrl_switch']
Unity & Gnome
xkb setting seems to be reset by Unity/Gnome settings daemon (periodically or when clicked to change layout) or when layout switch shortcuts used.
The above the method may not work. So this should disable completely the settings daemon layout control capability. Tested on Ubuntu Unity 15.10 .
Rename the keyboard plugin of settings daemon to disable it.
sudo mv /usr/lib/unity-settings-daemon-1.0/libkeyboard.so /usr/lib/unity-settings-daemon-1.0/libkeyboard.so.disabledRestart the settings daemon
restart unity-settings-daemon
Note:
- Ubuntu <= 13.10, Gnome & Unity uses same daemon (
gnome-settings-daemon). - Ubuntu >=14.10, Gnome has
gnome-settings-daemon& Unity hasunity-settings-daemon
Best Answer
Check your keyboard layout settings, make sure it's
English (US)notEnglish (US, international with dead keys)(assuming you're using US keyboard).To change it from the command line, enter the following:
It worked for me.