Keyboard setting on Jaunty

[Alvin]

On Tuesday 31 March 2009 17:44:40 Bruce Marshall wrote:
> Anyone know where to find the place to tell the system what keyboard you
> have??
>
> No, it's not at install time, that is a very generic specification  (us -
> normal) for me.
>
> Since Intrepid, I have found that I need to tell the system that I have a
> particular Logitech keyboard.   If I don't, the left-arrow key will not
> work which makes life rather difficult.
>
> In intrepid, I believe it was kcontrol, which now (I guess) has been
> removed. And kcontrol wasn't something you could easily find anyway.
>
> And  System Settings -->  keyboard   doesn't offer the ability either.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.

You can try:
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup

One of the first choices there is the type of keyboard.