Can you please try setxkbmap fr in X and try again? Greetings Patrick -- .''`. Patrick Winnertz <patrick.winnertz at skolelinux.org> : :' : GNU/Linux Debian-Edu Developer `. `'` http://www.der-winnie.de http://d.skolelinux.org/~winnie `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems