altgr layer stops working randomly
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
xserver-xorg-input-evdev (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: xorg
The issue is reported by a few users in the ubuntu forums in the thread "Custom keyboard map is causing issue with stuck keys"
(http://
keycode 39 = o O Left
I would expect Mode_switch+o to result in Left, but instead it results in o.
I've experienced the same results under Gnome and under Ratpoison in Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: x11-common 1:7.5+6ubuntu3
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Nov 10 18:50:07 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
Lsusb:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform
PackageArchitec
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
dmi.bios.date: 12/31/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: 6.00
dmi.board.name: 440BX Desktop Reference Platform
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: None
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixT
dmi.product.name: VMware Virtual Platform
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: VMware, Inc.
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: maverick
architecture: i686
kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic
affects: | xorg (Ubuntu) → xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu) |
Hmm, not an xkeyboard-config problem, maybe more of an -evdev issue? Or perhaps the xserver...