How to set my keyboard right?

[Fitzcarraldo]

Try deleting the keyboard section from your xorg.conf file. Here's what my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file looks like on one of my laptops running SL Xfce (Don't copy it, use it as a reference only):

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Section "Module"
    SubSection  "extmod"
       Option    "omit xfree86-dga"
    EndSubSection
    Load    "i2c"
    Load    "ddc"
    Load    "vbe"
    Load    "dri"
    Load    "glx"
    Load    "synaptics"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
     Option    "AllowMouseOpenFail"    "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "Generic Monitor"
    VertRefresh    43 - 60
    HorizSync      28 - 80
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "SabayonVga0"
    Driver      "ati"
    Option "LogoPath" "/usr/share/backgrounds/sabayonlinux.png"
EndSection
    
Section "Screen"

    Identifier    "Screen 0"
    Device        "SabayonVga0"
    Monitor       "Generic Monitor"
    #Option       "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"

    DefaultDepth 24

    SubSection "Display"
        Depth		8
        ViewPort	0 0
        #Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection

    SubSection "Display"
        Depth           16
        ViewPort        0 0
        #Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection

    SubSection "Display"
        Depth           24
        ViewPort        0 0
        #Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection

EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier   "Main Layout"
    Screen 0    "Screen 0"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
   #Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Notice there is no mention of the keyboard in my xorg.conf. Obviously keep the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf:

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Section "InputClass"
       Identifier "keyboard"
       MatchIsKeyboard "yes"
       Option "XkbLayout" "us,nl"
       Option "XkbVariant" ""
       Option  "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
EndSection

[nomko]

I haven't checked the above yet, but i found out it has something to do with the Cinnamon desktop environment. Under Xfce i can set my keyboard right but under Cinnamon this is not possible.

I'm trying out Razor-QT at this moment. Lovely desktop environment, looks great!

[nomko]

Even under Razor-QT my keyboard is not set correct. I'll have to run the instructions given by Fitzcarraldo but as far as I can judge it, this issue is not good for Sabayon....

[nomko]

I've re-installed Sabayon and using the Xfce desktop. I quite this exercise of getting my keyboard right under other desktop environments. I have to accept it's a Sabayon thing.

[batvink]

Reinstall wasn't needed, and brought you nothing new, except a fresh Environment,
and still not able to use that key like it should.
You can change that with systemd's localectl
open terminal, and su
now, to change the keyboard-settings, layouts, etc... the syntaxes are:

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localectl set-locale variant

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localectl set-keymap layout

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localectl set-x11-keymap LAYOUT [MODEL] [VARIANT] [OPTIONS]

The Dutch uses US QWERTY keyboards by default, mostly pc105 models.

Based on your post, you should do something like:

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localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8

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localectl set-keymap us

and then, either:

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localectl set-x11-keymap us

or:

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localectl set-x11-keymap us [trust] [102_qwerty_comma_nodead] [numpad:pc]

For a overview of all possible options, please see:

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localectl --help

Please make sure to reboot, or at least log off for the changes to take effect.

[albfneto]

you may "force" your Keyboard to work good, using the command setxkbmap, as below

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 setxkbmap -model X -layout Y -variant Z

For "X", "Y" anf "Z", please search in the Internet for suitable model, layout and variant for Nederlands-NL Keyboards.

I dont know, because I'm Brazilian, In Brazil, We use this:

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 setxkbmap -model abnt2 -layout br -variant abnt2