I have microsoft bluetooth keyboard 5000

I have been struggling with extkbd app for a week, none of the seettings were changing the keyboard map and all the keys were working the same way as the internal keyboard of n900.
Any of the number keys (2345 and !@#$%%) were not working

So my first guss was :- may be the extkbd is not changing the keyboard map for externel keyboard.

Here are the steps which worked for me with trial and error. and is working in the exact same order

Procedure 1

1) Go to Setting External Keyboard: change it to any layout (Generic 101 to 105 Doesnt Matter)
2) open the terminal and type :setxkbmap
3) voilla : after about 3 or 5 seconds all the keys were working..

there is 1 issue though : return key is not working now .. which was working earlier


procedure 2

so there is another workaround
1) Go to Settings : turn on the virtual keyboard
2) Go to Setting External Keyboard: change it to any layout (Generic 101 to 105 Doesnt Matter)
3) open the terminal and type :setxkbmap
4) voilla : after about 3 or 5 seconds all the keys were working..

now the issue is all the keys work but return key simpy triggers the virtual keyboard where u have to press (enterbutton)


however these problem doesnot exists if i open the terminal inside LXDE desktop of easy debian
all the keys were working in procedure 1 only. I did not had to enable the virtual keyboard drama

am i missing anything here

is there any workaroud?