After having installed Ubuntu Linux 14.04 on an Apple Mac I found that the keyboard layout was not quite correct, e.g. function keys were not easily accesible and some characters were missing. The changes below will turn the keyboard into a keyboard with standard PC layout.
The side effect of this is that some keys will have the incorrect label (`¬\|#~2″‘@), but at least they will all be accessible in the ‘correct’ position.
Edit the module options for hid_apple:sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/hid_apple.confInsert the following:
options hid_apple fnmode=2
options hid_apple iso_layout=0update-initramfs -u -k all
How did you get the keyboard to connect initially? I’ve tried many different things with no success. I can see it when I run hcitool scan, but can’t get it to connect.
I had no USB connection problems. The keyboard worked fine right from the beginning, except for some keys that were in the ‘wrong position’.
The only thing I can think of is that some required kernel modules do not get loaded automatically (e.g. because they ar black-listed). Modules loaded on my system are:
$ lsmod | grep apple
hid_appleir 13010 0
hid_apple 13386 0
applesmc 19308 0
input_polldev 13896 1 applesmc
apple_bl 13993 0
hid 106148 4 hid_generic,usbhid,hid_appleir,hid_apple
$ lsmod | grep hid
hid_appleir 13010 0
hid_apple 13386 0
mac_hid 13205 0
hid_generic 12548 0
usbhid 52659 0
hid 106148 4 hid_generic,usbhid,hid_appleir,hid_apple
$ lsmod | grep hci
firewire_ohci 40409 0
firewire_core 68769 1 firewire_ohci
ahci 25819 3
libahci 32716 1 ahci