[Bug 120420] Re: iMac UK keyboard layouts incorrect or fail

[TJ]

This still affects 12.04, 14.04 and beyond. In particular, Apple
Bluetooth keyboard layouts (used with IBM-PC compatibles as well as
Apple hardware), including the numeric keypad not operating in numeric
mode and no obvious way to switch to it. "#" requires Right-alt+3, "~"
and "|" keys reversed between Xorg and virtual terminals.

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Title:
  iMac UK keyboard layouts incorrect or fail

Status in console-setup package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I can't get the tilde to work properly in Feisty ubuntu for a 20" iMac
  in UK.

  TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM
  1. Select System > Preferences > Keyboard
  2. Select tab Layouts
  3. In the listbox "Selected layouts", check the item "United Kingdom Macintosh"
  4. At keyboard Model, click the Choose button
  5. Highlight Macintosh
  6. Click OK

  This puts up a dialog box with the following text:
  Error activating XKB configuration.
  It can happen under various circumstances:
  - a bug in libxklavier library
  - a bug in X server (xkbcomp, xmodmap utilities)
  - X server with incompatible libxkbfile implementation

  X server version data:
  The X.Org Foundation
  70200000

  If you report this situation as a bug, please include:
  - The result of xprop -root | grep XKB
  - The result of gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd

  
  WORKAROUND
  1. Select the tab "Layout Options"
  2. Expand the entry "Miscellaneous compitability options"
  3. Check the box "Swap keycodes of two keys when Mac keyboards are misdetected by kernel"
  4. Dismiss all open dialog boxes.

  Tilde now works.

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