1A mini-HOWTO test the XKB config without modifying the system configuration. 2(Only tested with XFree86 4.3+.) 3 4First see what your configuration is. Note the model and layout. 5 $ setxkbmap -print 6 7Then unpack the sources locally ... 8 $ gzip -dc xkeyboard-config*.tar.gz | tar -tf - 9... and change to the delivered directory 10 $ cd xkeyboard-config-<version> 11 12Then try to load the current keyboard using the local rules 13 $ setxkbmap -v 10 -I$PWD -rules base 14 15Now try to set different keyboards using the -model and -layout. 16 $ setxkbmap -v 10 -I$PWD -rules base -model pc102 -layout intl 17Look in the file rules/base for other example models and layouts 18 19If there was a problem, you can reset the keyboard like so: 20 $ setxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model <noted model> -layout <noted layout> 21 22If that doesn't work, you may have to log out and log back in. 23