Dell Inspiron 600m: right alt key doesn't work

[Ben Maurer]

Using the latest Edgy beta on a dell inspiron 600m laptop, the right alt key does not work. If i press the left alt key, it does allow keyboard shortcuts, but the right key does not. I checked that this is not a hardware issue.

[Andrew Ash (ash211)]

I can confirm this issue on my Dell Inspiron B130.

[Andrew Ash (ash211)]

This is a possible duplicate of bug 63365.

[Andrew Ash (ash211)]

Ben, can you please try something for me?

Run `xev` from a console. A window pops up. Press the right alt key down, and then release it. Then, without putting the mouse cursor in that window, close it out by clicking the "x". Post the last two paragraphs of the output here. They should start with "Keypress event," and "KeyRelease event."

If you get similar output to what I just posted in bug 63365, then this is a duplicate of that bug. Thanks

[Ben Maurer (bmaurer)]

KeyPress event, serial 26, synthetic NO, window 0x3000001,
     root 0x4d, subw 0x0, time 3394188594, (613,9), root:(618,82),
     state 0x0, keycode 113 (keysym 0xfe03, ISO_Level3_Shift), same_screen
YES,
     XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
     XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
     XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 29, synthetic NO, window 0x3000001,
     root 0x4d, subw 0x0, time 3394188773, (613,9), root:(618,82),
     state 0x80, keycode 113 (keysym 0xfe03, ISO_Level3_Shift), same_screen
YES,
     XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
     XFilterEvent returns: False

On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, Andrew Ash wrote:

> Ben, can you please try something for me?
>
> Run `xev` from a console. A window pops up. Press the right alt key
> down, and then release it. Then, without putting the mouse cursor in
> that window, close it out by clicking the "x". Post the last two
> paragraphs of the output here. They should start with "Keypress event,"
> and "KeyRelease event."
>
> If you get similar output to what I just posted in bug 63365, then this
> is a duplicate of that bug. Thanks
>
> --
> Dell Inspiron 600m: right alt key doesn't work
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/67178
>
>

[Andrew Ash (ash211)]

See that ISO_Level3_Shift in there? The key is showing up as a shift instead of an alt. Definitely a duplicate of bug 63365. Marking such. Please continue discussion on that bug from now on.

Thanks.

[Chris Bozic (cbozic)]

I too am experiencing this problem on a Dell D820 Laptop

[Andrew Ash (ash211)]

See workaround here: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/63365/comments/4

Hopefully progress can be made on this soon.