Bug#336510: ALT GR key not working - w/ workaround

[Denis Barbier <barbier@linuxfr.org>]

On Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 10:03:53PM +0100, Volker Jahns wrote:
> Package: xserver-xfree86
> Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1
> 
> The ALT GR key of deDE keyboard layout will not work in xserver-xfree8 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1.
> During startup the xserver murmurs
> --
> The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Error: Can't find file "pc/pc" for symbols include
> Exiting
> Abandoning symbols file "default"
> Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
> Error loading keymap /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/compiled/server-0.xkm
> --
> 
> The following cures the situation:
>   setxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model pc105 -layout de
> 
> This is most annoying as it has to done for each login. Please help all users, there is only a 80 million lot of Germans wanting to install Debian sarge ;-)

Well, be assured that there would already be bug reports about this issue
if all German people were affected ;)
It seems that your /etc/X11/xkb directory is screwed up, in particular
/etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/pc is missing.
You can try the following commands to fix it:
  # rm -rf /etc/X11/xkb
  # apt-get install --reinstall xlibs
  # dpkg -i --force-confmiss /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs*_all.deb
  # apt-get install --reinstall xbase-clients
and restart your X server.

Denis