Bug 44718 - AltGr is non-functional in gdm
Summary: AltGr is non-functional in gdm
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: gdm
Version: 7.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Havoc Pennington
QA Contact: Aaron Brown
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 48061 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-06-15 15:42 UTC by Patrick C. F. Ernzer
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:33 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2001-07-12 16:07:15 UTC
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Description Patrick C. F. Ernzer 2001-06-15 15:42:58 UTC 
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Description of problem:
AltGr-<key> only generates <key>, thus making it impossible to enter
symbols that are only accessible in conjunction with AltGr.

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install RHL 7.0
2. Go to runlevel 5
3. try to enter a symbol that is accessible by pressing AltGr


Actual Results:  AltGr is ignored, thus some special signs (i.e. @ on a
French keyboard) are not accessible

Expected Results:  AltGr should work the same way in gdm as it does when
logged into X.

Additional info:
Comment 1 Havoc Pennington 2001-06-18 14:54:39 UTC 
I'm not really sure how AltGr gets set up normally - Mike is there some file 
that is supposed to get loaded with the keymap in it?
Comment 2 Havoc Pennington 2001-07-12 16:07:11 UTC 
*** Bug 48061 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Havoc Pennington 2001-07-12 16:09:49 UTC 
Fixed in rawhide. Believed to have been an X bug where grabbing the keyboard 
broke AltGr. gdm no longer grabs the keyboard in rawhide.
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