Bug 13600 - AltGr key broken
Summary: AltGr key broken
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Brent Fox
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2000-07-08 17:28 UTC by Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-12-08 20:50:44 UTC
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Description Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2000-07-08 17:28:01 UTC
The AltGr key is treated like the Alt key in the "de" XkbRules setting.
This is wrong, and prevents people from using, among other things, @ 
(AltGr+Q).
The same is probably true for other European keyboard layouts.
beta2 was ok.

Comment 1 Stelian Pop 2000-07-19 07:57:16 UTC
I confirm, for the french layout, impossible to type a simple | (pipe symbol =
AltGr + 6).

Comment 2 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2000-08-01 14:31:19 UTC
The problem is with the installer, not with XFree86: It happens with XF86Config
files generated by anaconda, running Xconfigurator fixes the problem.

Reassigning.

Comment 3 Brent Fox 2000-11-28 22:52:25 UTC
I've confirmed the problem with the German keyboard that the AltGr key behaves
like the Alt key.

During the install on a French keyboard, I was able to get a pipe symbol (|) by
pressing AltGr + 6.  However, I did notice that once you disable dead keys, you
cannot reactivate them again.



Comment 4 Brent Fox 2000-12-08 20:50:40 UTC
I think this is fixed in CVS.  However, I did an install using a German keyboard
with the deadkeys disabled.  Typing AltGr + Q produces an @ symbol as it
should.  I think that doing an install with the deadkeys enabled would work as
well.  Brock, please verify that this issue is resolved.

Comment 5 Aaron Brown 2000-12-15 21:35:51 UTC
Verified as resolved.


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