Installing a keyboard
Connect the keyboard to your machines keyboard port
Change to the /etc/X11 directory
Edit the file XF86Config
Look for the following in the file. If this does not exist, add it:
Section "Keyboard"
Protocol "Standard"
XkbRules "xfree86"
XkbModel "pc101"
XkbLayout "us"
EndSection
Use the following table to determine what text should be placed in the XkbModel and XkbLayout fields.