right-alt key not working after changing "keyboard layout change" key to "both alt keys together"
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
After installing a second keyboard layout (default is US, second is IL), I tried to set the "keyboard layout change" key to "both alt keys together". Once done, the right alt key (ALT_R) does not function anymore. For instance, when browsing in firefox, ALT_L + left/right-arrow works, while ALT_R + lef/right-arrow does not.
Workaround: the problem goes away when I change the keyboard layout modifier key to be "ALT_L + caps-lock", or when keeping the default behavior.
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04
(was upgraded from 8.04 -> 8.10 -> 9.04)
Note that the problem has been there is 8.04, 7.04 as well, and maybe even earlier. I just recently figured out how to get around it.
Package is probably xorg-xserver:
ii xorg 1:7.4~5ubuntu18 X.Org X Window System
ii xserver-xorg 1:7.4~5ubuntu18 the X.Org X server
ii xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.0-0ubuntu14 Xorg X server - core server
ii xserver-
ii xserver-
ii xserver-
Changed in ubuntu: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
I've been having the exact same issue. This wasn't because of an upgrade, it happened in a fresh installation of Karmic.