keyboard remapping + installing DVD software

[Robert Alcock]

hi

I'm a new user of Ubuntu - just installed version 7.10 on my old Sharp 
laptop. So far so good, but I'd very much appreciate it if anyone could 
help me out with a couple of problems I've encountered...

1. The "w" key on my keyboard has died (wouldn't you know it?) and 
rather than get a new keyboard, I thought I'd try and remap one of the 
lesser used keys, like the ` key (I never use it) to be a "w" instead. 
Has anyone got any idea how, or even if, this can be done in Ubuntu?

2. I've tried playing DVDs on the laptop. It comes up with a dialog box 
called "install multimedia codecs" where it asks me to tick a box called 
"GStreamer extra plugins". When I tick it asks me to "confirm 
installation of restricted software" which I do (local law permits this) 
but then it says "The list of application s is not available - Click on 
'Reload' to reload it". When I click, it takes me right back to where I 
started. What should I do?

Many thanks

Robert