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I'm running Linux Mint and I'm trying to edit my symbol files but none of the changes stick - I've tried restarting X and restarting the computer. Eventually I got frustrated and tried deleting the symbols directory (well, moving it to the parent directory), and if that had made a difference I'd revert the change using a TTY. I restarted the computer but I can still type - why is that?

More information: the only directories I have found relating to xkb (I used locate xkb), are those in /usr/share/X11/xkb and its subdirectories, and so these are the files I've been editing.

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Word for word cross-posts without regard to audience are frowny points unix.stackexchange.com/questions/29938/… – random♦ Jan 24 at 22:50
Cross-post because both superuser and unix.stackexchange have users with the experience to help with this problem, hence why I didn't, say, post on stackoverflow, because of my regard to audience. In the FAQ below, superuser is described a being for power users, just the people who would know about X11 and changing keyboard layouts. – eZanmoto Jan 24 at 23:27
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