hi, the failure was in XF86Config-4 section of the keyboard changed: Option "XkbModel" "pc105" to pc104, so that the section looks like: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbLayout" "de" OPtion "XkbVarian" "nodeadkeys" EndSection