thanks for the replies. propensity: I thinks its System -> preference -> keyboard -> layout -> added nepal... now what? Nothing shakes it up. bodmas: Yeah, Ubuntu rocks. Not a microsoft basher, but ubuntu is great for a change. I don't know if it is a firefox problem or something. I think I should try opera, but I don't have much time today to play around. Just trying to save some time googling. Yup, lets keep this ubuntu thread alive, share the problems and fixes. Simple things could become irritating due to the ignorance. laterz