Keyboard problem in Leopard

MikeHunt79 · 25 Oct 2008 at 14:19

I'm not too keen on the apple keyboard so I am using a Logitech one instead, it's a USB one but I cannot remember the model number...

Anyway, when in terminal, my backslash "\" and speechmarks """ come out as completely different characters...

How can I fix this?

I've looked in international and also mouse and keyboard but couldn't find any options to fix this.

Feek · 25 Oct 2008 at 14:40

I had this before and there are some replacement keyboard drivers which swap them around. I don't have the link any more as I quite like the Apple keyboard but a quick Google should produce the desired results.

MikeHunt79 · 25 Oct 2008 at 15:50

Cheers, I'll give google a whirl.

I've figured out how to get backslash for the time being, just press hash...

Bod · 26 Oct 2008 at 15:52

I'd have pointed to the drivers too.....

But I do have to say...How can you not like the Apple keyboard? It's pure horn......with a USB socket

MikeHunt79 · 26 Oct 2008 at 16:10

Bod said:
I'd have pointed to the drivers too.....

But I do have to say...How can you not like the Apple keyboard? It's pure horn......with a USB socket

I tried some different drivers and it's working a treat now.

I triple boot, and the apple keyboard doesn't work as well in Xp and Ubuntu, and I CBA having two keyboards really... Plus I like the key action of my logitech KB, it's very similar to a laptop keyboard.

Cybertronic · 26 Oct 2008 at 16:28

What do you mean by it doesn't work as well in XP and Ubuntu?

Do you mean some of the keys don't input the correct character?

MikeHunt79 · 26 Oct 2008 at 16:38

Cybertronic said:
What do you mean by it doesn't work as well in XP and Ubuntu?

Do you mean some of the keys don't input the correct character?

Yep some of the buttons do the wrong thing and the alt keys are in the wrong place...

Cybertronic · 26 Oct 2008 at 17:04

The Boot Camp drivers installation should have provided you the correct keyboard layout for your Apple keyboard. As for Ubuntu, if you have selected the Macintosh keyboard layout and some of the keys aren't inputting the correct characters, you could try using the Xmodmap utility in order to map the proper keys