Keyboard shows @ for double quotes (")

[williebegoode]

My keyboard with a USB connector to Ras Pi displays a "@" instead of a double-quote (") when I press the double-quote key (Shift-'). It works fine on my Windows computer. Any ideas?

[DeeJay]

It would be helpful to giving relevant information if we knew what operating system you were running, and what if anything you have already tried.

This link might provide a starting point.

[drgeoff]

My keyboard with a USB connector to Ras Pi displays a "@" instead of a double-quote (") when I press the double-quote key (Shift-'). It works fine on my Windows computer. Any ideas?

You are living in the wrong country. Move to the UK and buy a keyboard there and all be be fine.

(Or if the OS contains raspi-config, run it and set the keyboard layout. Else read http://elinux.org/RPi_Beginners#Keyboard_layout as suggested above.)

[williebegoode]

@drgeoff and DeeJay,

Thank you for your help and suggestions. I am using a Debian Linux system and the LXTerminal. I made the changes to XKBLAYOUT = "us" (changed from "gb"), but now I cannot save the changes. From the root level, what should I do to save the changes using LXTerminal? Or should I make the changes from a non-root terminal?

@drgeoff (I did live in GB for a while, my daughter-in-law is from GB, and my son went to college there...but my keyboard doesn't know that. Besides, it is originally from China....)

Kindest regards,
Bill

[williebegoode]

Got the save permanently saved/changed. Keyboard is working fine now--thanks for the help.

Kindest regards,
Bill

[arsho]

I know this is a very old thread. But I faced the exact same problem today. When I was pressing double quote ( " ), I was getting @ sign.

Here is my OS information:

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pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /etc/os-release 
PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)"
NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="9"
VERSION="9 (stretch)"
ID=raspbian
ID_LIKE=debian

I am from Bangladesh. I do not have any plan to move to UK very soon

Solution:
I solved the problem by changing the keyboard layout to Indian(English).

To change the keyboard layout go to: Preferences>Mouse and Keyboard Settings
Then select Country>India and Variant>English(with Rupee sign).

Voila!

[sateesh12]

Changing to Indian KB results in Hindi language being typed on the console. For me the solution was to change to English (US) with a HP keyboard.

Thank you.