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[Felipe Figueiredo <philsf79@xxxxxxxxx>]

The workaround in comment #18 does *not* work anymore since Karmic. Even
the console config does not honor the settings in /etc/default/console-
data anymore.

I've found a new permanent workaround, but this time it has to be
configured per account, instead of system-wise.

1- Open the gconf-editor application;
2- Search for key 'kbd', and look for /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd;
3- In the key "layouts", there should be the value "br", change it to "br	thinkpad".

The whitespace in step 3 is a tab, not several spaces.


** Tags added: karmic

** Description changed:

  I have a Lenovo 3000 v100 laptop, with a ABNT2 keyboard layout. It
  should use, as per the manufacter's instructions, use a thinkpad
  variant, so that all keys are available. In Hardy, there was such a
  variant, but now in jaunty there isn't. One key that is completely dead
  is the slash-question .
  
- Is there any special configuration I should be looking for in xorg.conf
- (question)
+ A workaround is available as follows:
+ 
+ 1- Open the gconf-editor application;
+ 2- Search for key 'kbd', and look for /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd;
+ 3- In the key "layouts", there should be the value "br", change it to "br	thinkpad".
+ 
+ The whitespace in step 3 is a tab, not several spaces.

** Description changed:

  I have a Lenovo 3000 v100 laptop, with a ABNT2 keyboard layout. It
  should use, as per the manufacter's instructions, use a thinkpad
  variant, so that all keys are available. In Hardy, there was such a
- variant, but now in jaunty there isn't. One key that is completely dead
- is the slash-question .
+ variant selectable through the Gnome GUI, but now in jaunty and karmic
+ there isn't. The slash-question key is interpreted as a right Ctrl key,
+ which is non-existent in this variant.
  
  A workaround is available as follows:
  
  1- Open the gconf-editor application;
  2- Search for key 'kbd', and look for /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd;
  3- In the key "layouts", there should be the value "br", change it to "br	thinkpad".
  
  The whitespace in step 3 is a tab, not several spaces.

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abnt2 keyboard layout missing thinkpad variant
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/359719
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