Hi everybody,

I have been using just one keyboard layout since install (German, standard, all accepted as proposed by the Mint 13 installer). Now I'd like to try Dvorak and did the following:

Under "System Settings > Input Devices > Keyboard" select the second /Layouts/ (German equiv. of "Layouts", so English term may vary) tab, check the /Set up layouts/ option, add the relevant layout. Now the switcher icon is visible at the bottom panel and clicking it does change it – but not the keyboard layout.

Even worse, after some time nothing works because the system reacts as if the Alt key is stuck (behaviour of left/right clicks on windows, no keyboard entry possible, not even Alt+Ctrl+Bkspc or Alt+Ctrl+F1..12).

Creating a new user and trying the same works fine, so it seems to be something about my own settings. But if not necessary, I don't want to trash all customisations made so lovingly in the past. If not necessary.

Can anyone help me out?

Regards
Andreas

You don't really need to trash the customization, you only need to find the offending configuration file and moving it away. I searched in my home dir but I couldn't find it (probably because I only have one layout installed).

Turns out trashing my keyboard customisations did the trick. I had my own .Xmodmap at home which conflicted with what kxkb does. Deleting it led to peace, however I need to find another way to type my quirky symbols now.