[Ubuntu-be] QWERTY Keypad resolution for older Toshiba Laptop - Model S2450-201 - edited correct

[Manuel de la Peña]

Glenn,

You are gonna hate me for this comment (I would) but
maybe physically changing the layout to match the one you know might be too
extreme for my taste. What about creating your own layout (example =>
http://people.uleth.ca/~daniel.odonnell/Blog/custom-keyboard-in-linuxx11) or
be as lazy as I am and memorize the UK QWERTY layout (why the heck
would Americans have their own ?!?!)

Maybe creating a layout that matches that one of the toshiba laptops is a
better option, specially because you can share it :-)

Kr,

Manuel

PS: I hope your back gets better

On 9 March 2010 12:25, Glenn South <fc243265 at skynet.be> wrote:

> Hello my old friends.
>
> Thought I would drop in before going back into the hospital again for
> another operation. This time a three vertebra neck fusion. So I won't be
> getting your letters for a week or so.
>
> For years, I have been, and others as well in the Linux/Ubuntu forums,
> Toshibas was useless, trying to find a way to remap the keys for this
> model laptop. I tried all kinds of keyboard layouts with no success
> until this morning.
>
> PROBLEM:
>
> This Toshiba was sold in the UK with an mixed up AZERTY keypad layout,
> and the only layout in Ubuntu that was even close was using the Belgium
> setup, BUT you had to use the SHIFT key and map out where the characters
> were by physically printing them out using the shift, alt, and alt-gr
> keys to find the right characters you needed. After awhile you got used
> to where there were, but still a pain in the wazoo, especially for
> gaming where the numbers had to be on the bottom.
>
> I needed a QWERTY setup.
>
> The solution hit me like a stone hammer. (after three years I should
> have thought of this earlier)
>
> SOLUTION:
>
> 1. Add English - UK keyboard layout, (this matched the numbered keys
> because of the pound £ sign  on number 3 and the euro € sign on the
> number 4), Print this layout first for reference.
>
> Set it as the default layout and apply system wide I think it said.
> System password required of course.
>
> 2. Bring up GEDIT.
>
> 3. Starting at the top with the numbers, type each number or letter from
> left to right, when that physical key wasn't correct, carefully pop that
> key off the laptop keypad by lifting it off from the bottom first.
> (I used a letter opener) Then find the correct replacement key, pop it
> off and snap it into the correct place by hanging the top of the key
> into place, folding it down, and snapping it into place at that keypad
> position carefully but with distinction, hearing it snap into place.
>
> Continue this until all the keys are in the right place. Mine was six to
> eight key changes. ( I wasn't counting )
>
> Reboot and after logon you'll see United Kingdom. Bring up GEDIT and try
> ALL the keys again in all modes. Finally I got an old Toshiba laptop
> that works as good as a new one, and fully functional on Ubuntu.
>
> So simple, I don't know why someone didn't think of it before. How do we
> get this onto the forums and get it on a wiki. This needs to be
> published.
>
> Have a great day out there!
>
> Glenn South / Ligaya Pechardo
>
>
>
>
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