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console-setup package

  1. Bug #929054
  2. Comment #14

Comment 14 for bug 929054

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Peter Belew (peterbe) wrote : Re: AltGr key doesn't work properly in xfce4-terminal with Maori layout, and Hawaiian is not supported

I just upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10 from 11.04 on a Shuttle computer and gnome-terminal is having the same problem when the Maori layout is installed. I currently have the English (US), Spanish, and Maori layouts installed, and key combinations with AltGr on both the Spanish and Maori layouts produce the same 'question mark in diamond' character on the screen.

Ubuntu version and kernel version
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=oneiric
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.10"
Linux shuttle 3.0.0-17-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP Thu Mar 8 17:34:21 UTC 2012 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+
cpu MHz : 1825.704

$ apt-show-versions gnome-terminal
gnome-terminal/oneiric uptodate 3.0.1-0ubuntu3

Entry of such characters works with other programs, such as web browsers, and also xterm. I haven't tried pterm on this system.

$ apt-show-versions xterm
xterm/oneiric uptodate 271-1ubuntu2

So the bug occurs with gnome-terminal as well as the xfce terminal program. I do not have my Hawaiian layout installed, only what comes with 11.10. This computer did not have that installed in 11.04 - it had been idle for a number of months before this upgrade.

I plan to upgrade to the 12.04 beta2 (plus current updates) overnight.