http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/10/05/025207 here's a nice example, though you will need to sudo/gksu gedit, emacs or kate [whatever you use] to edit that file yourself. There are more modifiers if you want to set up your orientation differently. I'm not sure if Ubuntu offers a graphical method.
Once you're done, press ctrl + alt + backspace to restart X.
I'm also not sure what the main forum for ubuntu help is, you will have to check their website, but if you fire up xchat and head over that way they will be able to help you if you are still having trouble.
was put impeccably into words at DebianDay for me last Saturday, by Knut Yrvin of Trolltech - adults try something once, fail, and then are like "ffs this doesn't work". Children try, fail, and then try again, and succeed - maybe on the second, or even fifth retry. But the thing is that they keep at it and overcome the problems in the end.
-andrewdodd13
