Norwegian Mac keyboard layout: No "advanced" characters by default

[Jon Ramvi]

On my Macbook Pro I can't type any "advanced" characters ( [ ] } ) before going gnome-keyboard-properties and checking "Press Right Win-key to choose 3rd level". Norwegian keyboard laybout.
And I noticed now that I can't write a left bracer even when having checked this. I get | instead

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

What release of Ubuntu are you using? If it's 6.06 or earlier, please retest with 7.10. If it's 6.10 or later, please specify which release and attach your /etc/default/console-setup file. Thanks.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Also /etc/X11/xorg.conf, please.

[Jon Ramvi (ramvi)]

I'm using 7.10 but this bug has been there since 6.04. I will upload the
xorg.conf as soon as I get home from work

On Nov 23, 2007 5:13 AM, Colin Watson <email address hidden> wrote:

> What release of Ubuntu are you using? If it's 6.06 or earlier, please
> retest with 7.10. If it's 6.10 or later, please specify which release
> and attach your /etc/default/console-setup file. Thanks.
>
> ** Changed in: console-setup (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: None => console-setup
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin Watson (kamion)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> Norwegian Mac keyboard layout: No "advanced" characters by default
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/160171
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> of the bug.
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[Simos Xenitellis  (simosx)]

This is an issue with the keyboard layout for "no", Norway.
You need to fix the file at /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/no
and submit the changes to bugs.freedesktop.org, product: xkeyboard-config

xkeyboard-config is at http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/XKeyboardConfig

If you do this now, you might get it in Ubuntu 8.10.

[oss_test_launchpad (oss-test-launchpad)]

Actually, the Compose key / AltGr key should be on the Enter key second right to the space bar. There is a similar problem with the German layout.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Hi ramvi,

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? (ISOs are available from cdimage.ubuntu.com)

If it remains an issue, could you also attach a new /var/log/Xorg.0.log?
Thanks in advance.

The output of lspci -vvnn would also be worth having.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.

[Anders Rønningen (andersronningen)]

I'm on Ubuntu Jaunty, and can confirm that there are still oddities with the Norwegian keyboard layout.

In OS X:
[] is "alt + 7/8
{} is "shift + alt + 7/8"

the alt key could be both the right one and the left one.

In Ubuntu:
[] is "right alt + 7/8"
{} is "shift + right alt + 7/8"

From xev, it seems that the left is Alt_L, and the right is ISO_Level3_Shift.

To make this work like in OS X (if that is what's wanted), the left alt must behave like the right one, but also be able to make F-keys when pressed together with the fn-button and f1-12. Is this possible?

In addition, the key above tab (marked with paragraph and apostrophe) and the "less/greater than"-key are swapped. To fix this I run the following line in a terminal:
xmodmap -e 'keycode 94=apostrophe asciitilde apostrophe asciitilde dead_grave dead_horn' -e 'keycode 49=less greater backslash brokenbar backslash brokenbar'

I'm not at all sure that it's correct, but at least it places >, < and ' where they are supposed to be.

Summary:
Two keys swapped.
Right and left alt-key works differently in Ubuntu, but (I think) the same in OS X.