[CentOS] CentOS 7 on Macbook Pro : keyboard mapping problem

Sat Sep 8 10:27:51 UTC 2018
Leon Fauster <leonfauster at googlemail.com>

> Am 08.09.2018 um 11:05 schrieb Nicolas Kovacs <info at microlinux.fr>:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Some time ago I installed CentOS 7 on an older MacBook Pro for a client,
> since she couldn't install a more recent version of Mac OS X on it.
> 
> The installation was a bit of an adventure, and I wrote a little article
> about it:
> 
> https://blog.microlinux.fr/centos-7-macbook-pro/
> 
> I made this installation about a year ago, and the only thing I changed
> since then is replacing Xfce by GNOME.
> 
> I have one remaining problem which seems a bit tricky. I live in France,
> and people use an AZERTY keyboard mapping here.
> 
> The keyboard works OK, except for one single key. On a french keyboard,
> in the lower left corner just next to the right Shift key, there's a key
> that's supposed to produce the "=" equal sign, and in combination with
> Shift, you get the "+" plus sign.
> 
> For some unknown reason, this single key produces an "!" exclamation
> mark, and the "paragraph" symbol. I tried all possible combinations, but
> there seems to be no way to get a "+" sign on this keyboard.
> 
> Any idea what I have to do here?


Long time ago but something like this maybe?:

Search the keycode with 

xev

and assign a different output with 

Xmodmap

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LF