Weird Keyboard Mapping

I'm a linux noob, and I need help solving this rather odd problem.

I bought a Motorola labdock to use with my Raspberry Pi. I got the necessary adapters from China, built the "forked" USB cable, and it all seems to be working quite well. Except that, today, while trying to write some code, I found that the keyboard is mapped funny. Trying to type the "#" symbol (shift-3) gives me... the symbol for a British pound. Trying to type a double quote gives me the "@" sign.

How do I remap the keyboard back to an "American English" keyboard, so that it matches what is shown on the keys?

Thanks,

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sudo raspi-config

and properly set your locale. Make sure you unselect whichever en_GB is the default and select en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8

Check keyboard selection too. Or make sure that afterwards /etc/default/keyboard lists:

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XKBLAYOUT="us"

You need to run the raspi-config and do the keyboard settings:
sudo raspi-config
If you don't have one of the exact keyboards listed then select one of the generic keyboards. 101 or 104 etc. Next menu you will be asked for language where you can select US. After that the [shift 3] key will work as #.

The local setting did not change the keyboard for me.

Many thanks! I'm not sure if it was the keyboard definition, or changing the "locale", but my keyboard behaves properly, now.

Thank you.

The Yanks have had it their way for far too long with keyboard mapping.

Long live Raspdian defaulting to UK layout.

Just wanted to say thanks for this, as I'm currently waiting on the arrival of a Lapdock setup, and, though I'm British, I prefer to use a US keyboard layout - it's really good to know this info before I get started with it.

So, I am running with a motorola atrix lapdock as well. I bought one with a UK keyboard without paying much attention to it. Which keyboard type represents the keyboard on the UK atrix lapdock? Should I be just be using the 105-key international generic layout or is there something more specific that you guys could recommend?

Thanks for the help!

The standard UK layout will be fine. Crippled ( ) keyboards usually work with standard layouts. When I put Linux on a laptop of any type I just say its a UK keyboard and it works, no matter what its physical layout is (hunt the delete key is a pastime of mine, its never in the same place on a laptop).