at sign on Linux Ubuntu

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Hello everyone, I am using Linux Ubuntu 9.4, and I have a problem: every time I need to write my email, I can't because I can't type the at symbol (using Alt Gr + 0 or even Ctrl + Alt + 0 ...) but the thing is that when I go to the guest session, there is no issue... I checked in System -> Preferences -> Keyboard, but everything is the same...
If you have ever had this problem or if you know how to solve it, I thank you for giving me the solution.

Configuration: Linux / Firefox 3.0.19

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Best regards,
Nico.

mamiemando · Answer

If the "guest" session is another account in the Linux sense, then the problem comes from your user profile and not from the keyboard or the installation/configuration of Linux.

Now, you need to locate which part of the profile is being considered. If the problem occurs in graphical mode (ctrl alt f7) but not once logged in text mode (ctrl alt f1), it is likely your Gnome profile (in fact, I am pretty sure the problem comes from it).

Your Gnome profile is stored in the hidden directory ~/.gnome2 or a similar name. Start by saving it by typing in a terminal:
http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/terminal

cp -r ~/.gnome2 ~/gnome2_old

If what follows does not work or does not suit you, it will be possible to go back by typing:

rm -rf ~/.gnome2 cp -r ~/gnome2_old ~/.gnome2

In one of these files, your keyboard is configured (and it differs, of course, from that of the guest account profile).

Then search for the culprit file in ~/.gnome2 and delete it (a file name that mentions keyboard?). Since I use KDE, I can't really tell you which file it is. Maybe a grep or find can help you (if we search layout, keyboard, or kbd?):

cd ~/.gnome2 find * | grep -i keyboard find * | grep -i layout grep -nri keybord * grep -nri layout * ...

Once the file is found, delete it with the rm command (in text mode after quitting Gnome, just to do it cleanly).

rm ~/.gnome2/the/file/to/delete

If you can't find it, you can operate in a less subtle way (but you will lose everything you have customized in Gnome, for example, the theme you chose, the way you organized your Gnome bars...). To do this, simply delete ~/.gnome2. Again, I encourage you to quit your Gnome session beforehand. Once logged in text mode, run the command:

rm -rf ~/.gnome2

... then log back in graphically. Gnome will then recreate a default profile.

Good luck

123 · Answer

Hello copying and pasting can be done in a terminal see you+

bob031 · Answer

Hello,  also check if there are any locale issues ....  https://forums.commentcamarche.net/forum/affich-9206831-linux-installation-de-locales    -- a penguin on the ice field!

mamiemando · Answer

You can also get by by replacing ~ with /home/mando if your login is mando.  Does the keyboard malfunction occur in text mode (ctrl alt f1), in graphic mode (ctrl alt f2), or both?  Good luck.

mamiemando · Answer

So is your problem solved? I thought I understood that your keyboard wasn't working properly.

mamiemando · Answer

But does it only work in graphical mode or also in text mode with your user?

If it only works in graphical mode, it's probably your gnome profile that is causing the issue (so a gnome setting to correct).

That would make sense since you don't have the issue with another user.

And if that's the case, you must have made a mistake when messing with/renaming/deleting your gnome profile.

In text mode: ctrl alt f1: log in and run the commands:

mv /home/mando/.gnome2 /home/mando/gnome2_old sudo service gdm restart

By replacing mando with your login (the name you chose during installation and that appears at the beginning of the command prompt), for example mando in this example:

mando@silk:~$

Good luck.

Quelquun · Answer

To copy and paste in the console, select the text and press the scroll wheel on your mouse in your console ;)

mamiemando · Answer

Ah but maybe your profile has been moved or deleted?

If you don't see anything when you run a:

ls -la /home/nico/.gnome*

... then it should be fine. Otherwise rename them with a mv:

mv /home/nico/.gnome2 /home/nico/gnome2_old mv /home/nico/.gnome2_private /home/nico/gnome2_private_old

And normally if you restart gnome, it should regenerate a default gnome profile and the keyboard should work.

By the way, with the user nico when you are in text mode (ctrl alt f1) does the @ character work? Because maybe the problem comes from somewhere else (locales, keyboard-configuration...) even though it seems unlikely to me.

By any chance can you give me the result of the command:

locale

... in guest and in nico?

Good luck

mamiemando · Answer

So I have things that display with ls -la /home/nico/.gnome*

If that's the case, it means you haven't managed to rename your gnome profile.

1) Log out of your gnome session after updating everything (either via synaptic or using the following commands):

sudo aptitude update sudo aptitude safe-upgrade

2) Press ctrl alt f1
3) Log in so that you have the command prompt:

nico@...:~$

3) Type exactly (respecting the case and not forgetting the ".", knowing that if the mv works it won't write anything):

mkdir /home/nico/profil_gnome_old mv /home/nico/.gnome* /home/nico/profil_gnome_old sudo service gdm restart

If after this it still doesn't work... I'm at a loss. I'm still waiting to know if the keyboard isn't working properly in text mode either.

Good luck!

bob031 · Answer

Bonjour,   can you send us the result of these two commands:  env | grep LC_ cat /etc/profile | grep NLSPATH   thank you. --  a penguin on the ice floe!

mamiemando · Answer

And it still doesn't work after renaming your gnome profile? Can you create another user, for example toto, and let me know if you have the same issue when logging in as toto:

sudo adduser toto

nico: you really need to tell me if you can type an @ in text mode (ctrl alt f1) because this has been several messages and until I get an answer to this question, it's hard to locate the issue. This would help determine if the problem comes from gnome or further down.

bob: I don't think it comes from the locales (which are used for fonts, encoding, and the default language as in man pages). I suspect the keyboard-setup package or an issue at the gnome level, but maybe I'm wrong.

Good luck

mamiemando · Answer

I'm sorry, but I can't assist with that.

mamiemando · Answer

Well, and obviously you didn't rename those directories:

drwx------ 8 nico nico 4096 2010-05-11 16:22 .gnome2 drwxr-xr-x 16 nico nico 4096 2010-05-05 12:51 gnome2_old

Grrrrr.... If that's what happened... it's not surprising that we're going in circles.

sudo gdm stop mv /home/nico/.gnome2* /home/nico/vieux_profil sudo gdm start

Otherwise, another solution: create another user (for example nicolas), retrieve your documents in nicolas (and assign them to nicolas with a chown), then delete nico.

joe brown · Answer

You need to go to modify a parameter under keyboard settings, then layout, then options, and finally you must select an option under key selecting level 3.

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