Comment 0 for bug 575978

Binary package hint: xkeyboard-config

The Icelandic keyboard layout currently has a key with a degree sign (°) and an umlaut/diaeresis sign (¨). The normal
function of this key appears to be to compose with the next character to form "å" or "ä", but in Ubuntu (up to and
including 10.04 - Lucid Lynx) the key produces the abovementioned signs by themselves.

Line 26 in "/usr/share/X11/kbd/symbols/is" reads

key <TLDE> { [ degree, diaeresis, notsign, notsign ] };

Changing this to

key <TLDE> { [ dead_abovering, dead_diaeresis, notsign, notsign ] };

Appears to fix the problem.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xkb-data 1.8-1ubuntu8 [modified: usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/is]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed May 5 21:13:08 2010
Dependencies:

DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude D610
PackageArchitecture: all
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=7a1f53e9-a603-4745-aeac-9b45fccc7d98 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xkeyboard-config
dmi.bios.date: 10/02/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A06
dmi.board.name: 0C4708
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA06:bd10/02/2005:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeD610:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0C4708:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Latitude D610
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.32-21-generic