As is now well known, the N900 removed many layouts, including pc105, from the xkb system. See

https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6685

This prevents using bluetooth keyboards. Has anybody found a workaround? I know that the eventual plan, as per the above, is to merge the Nokia-specific layouts with the full set of upstream layouts. But meanwhile, I'd like to get just pc105 with us layout working. I'm willing to try experimenting if someone can give me some pointers as to what are the minimal set of changes necessary just to get an iGo Stowaway or Freedom Universal working.

I'm trying to figure it out with little luck as of yet unfortunately... when running setxkbmap using a different folder it's clear some default behaviours are being loaded from the normal xkb dir, such as altered ctrl functionality. I don't know how to use the command to load a completely new layout without it being coloured by the setup in the original xkb directory but will let you know if I figure it out.

Could you update this thread as this merge happens as this is a big issue for me?

Cheers mate