Happy Hacking Keyboard Alt keys are now Super keys
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Kubuntu PPA |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
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.
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.