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Bug#757688: keyboard-configuration: Strange AltGr key



On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 04:36:50PM +0300, Victor Porton wrote:
> Package: keyboard-configuration
> Version: 1.102
> Severity: minor
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> I am talking about keyboard in Gnome Shell configured for
> English (US) and Russian (typewriter), on an ordinary x86 PC
> with a regular keyboard.
> 
> By AltGr I mean the right Alt key.
> 
> When the keyboard is in English mode, AltGr has no effect.
> 
> When the keyboard is in Russian mode, holding AltGr temporarily
> switches to English mode. (By the way when the keyboard is in Russian mode,
> pressing AltGr makes an unpleasant beep, what I reported in an other bug
> report.)
> 
> Make it symmetric: in Russian holding AltGr should temporarily switch to
> English and in English to Russian.

It looks like misconfigured keyboard.

Run 

dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

as root and then reboot the system.  Then report back with the results.

Anton Zinoviev


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