Happy Hacking Keyboard Alt keys are now Super keys

[David Talmage]

Since perhaps one or two weeks ago, Kubuntu is interpreting the alt keys (Alt_L, Alt_R) as super keys (Super_L, Super_R). I don't believe that I changed anything deliberately. I have the original Happy Hacking PS/2 keyboard connected to my laptop with PS/2->USB converter.

My keyboard model is "Generic | Generic 101-key PC" and the layout is the "English (international AltGr dead keys)" variant of "English (US)". I have two changes from the default: "Advanced->Ctrl key position->Make Caps Lock an additional Ctrl" and "Advanced->Compose key position->Right Alt". This setup has worked for me for quite some time.

To mitigate this new behavior, I set "Advanced->Alt/Win key behavior->Left Alt is swapped with Left Win". This lets me work around the problem but it introduces a new one on my laptop's keyboard: the left alt key is now in the wrong place. I could live with that since I use the HHKB most of the time, however my setup used to work without that nuisance and I'd like it to return to that state. :-)

Switching the keyboard model to "Fujitsu | Happy Hacking Keyboard" or "Fujitsu | Happy Hacking Keyboard for Mac" does not correct the problem.

[David Talmage (talmage-acm)]

Even with the swapping of Left Alt and Left Win, I still have the problem that Right Alt is interpreted as Right Super. I have no way to use both the Left Alt and make diacritical marks such as umlauts with Right Alt as the compose key.

[David Talmage (talmage-acm)]

This seem to have changed recently. My Happy Hacking keyboard's Left Alt key is behaving as a proper Left Alt key again. I noticed it yesterday, when I plugged in the keyboard. I hadn't used the keyboard for a week. The problem must have been fixed by a Kubuntu update between December 22, 2012 and December 30, 2012.

[David Talmage (talmage-acm)]

I'm reopening this bug because it reappeared today. There was a Kubuntu update either yesterday or today. Now the Left Alt key on my Happy Hacking keyboard behaves as the left Super key.

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