Apple keyboard swap

Question

Hey:) I'm having a problem with an apple keyboard on my linux machine.

The less then / greater than key is swapped with my "°" key. The less than / greater than key is usually on the right side of shift as it shows on the keyboard.

Do you guys know the solution to this problem?

Answer 1

(There must be perfect keyboard configuration files for your model/layout).

Anyway, The old way:

1 - find those keys:

$ xmodmap -pke | grep -Pw "degree|less" > mychanges

2 - edit "mychanges" to swap the keys. You probably have something like:

keycode 94 = less greater less greater bar brokenbar bar
keycode 49 = dead_circumflex degree dead_circumflex degree U2032 U2033 U2032

Swap the keys codes to:

keycode 49 = less greater less greater bar brokenbar bar
keycode 94 = dead_circumflex degree dead_circumflex degree U2032 U2033 U2032

3 - activate the changes with

xmodmap mychanges

4 - if your are happy with the new behaviour, do

cat mychanges >> ~/.Xmodmap

This approach can be used to generic keyboard changes (in graphic mode)

Answer 2

Select Apple Keyboard

I know this sounds silly, but there is actually an option in your Settings -> Keyboard that will get rid of this issue. You'll want to select an Apple/Mac keyboard.

Manually 'Select' Apple Keyboard at Boot

I used to use this method, until I realized the above method worked for me.

• echo "0" > /sys/module/hid_apple/parameters/iso_layout

This will replace the content of the iso_layout file with the value 0