altgr layer stops working randomly

[holtzermann17]

Binary package hint: xorg

The issue is reported by a few users in the ubuntu forums in the thread "Custom keyboard map is causing issue with stuck keys"
(http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10100583#post10100583). It seems that the AltGr layer can get stuck in either an "always-on" or "never-works" mode. I experience the latter problem, so for example, given the assignment

keycode 39 = o O Left

I would expect Mode_switch+o to result in Left, but instead it results in o.

I've experienced the same results under Gnome and under Ratpoison in Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: x11-common 1:7.5+6ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Nov 10 18:50:07 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=381d4434-b27d-44e7-bcf6-6808698e0883 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
dmi.bios.date: 12/31/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: 6.00
dmi.board.name: 440BX Desktop Reference Platform
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: None
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvr6.00:bd12/31/2009:svnVMware,Inc.:pnVMwareVirtualPlatform:pvrNone:rvnIntelCorporation:rn440BXDesktopReferencePlatform:rvrNone:cvnNoEnclosure:ct1:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: VMware Virtual Platform
dmi.product.version: None
dmi.sys.vendor: VMware, Inc.
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: maverick
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Hmm, not an xkeyboard-config problem, maybe more of an -evdev issue? Or perhaps the xserver...

[holtzermann17 (holtzermann17)]

This is fixed in Fedora, sorry I neglected to mention it here. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=664484

[bugbot (bugbot)]

Hey holtzermann17,

Hi, have you had a chance to test if this bug is still present in natty?

If it does (and if you're the original reporter), please boot into natty
and run the command:

  apport-collect <bug-number>

which will update the bug with fresh logs and tag the bug as affecting
natty. (It is best to run this right after reproducing the problem.)