Buggy Lenny "xkb-data" Package (Alt/AltGr Problem)

[Volkan YAZICI <yazicivo@ttmail.com>]

Hi,

I have just upgraded my Debian GNU/Linux running on a HP Pavilion
dv6580et notebook and xkb-data messed up my whole Alt/AltGr key
configuration. (Google and mailing list archives pointed out that dozens
of people reported similar problems but no particular solution. People
just try downgrading xkb-data, but I hope there exists a more logical
way of fixing the problem.)

I'm using a Turkish-Q keyboard layout and some of the key combinations
depending on Alt/AltGr keys don't work anymore. For instance, some of
the problematic combinations I find are listed below

  Key Combination  Should Produce
  ---------------  --------------
  AltGr+q          @
  Alt+Shift+<      Alt->
  AltGr+<          |
  AltGr+ü          ~
  AltGr+3          #
  AltGr+4          $

The strange thing is above keys don't work in urxvt (screen, emacs,
etc.) and firefox, but, for instance, "|", "~", "#", "$" prints without
a problem in WindowMaker configuration window and I can toggle between
available WindowMaker desktops using Alt+F1, Alt+F2, etc. keys.
Moreover, in "xev", I can see related keys produces "|", "~", "#", "$"
characters. For instance, below is my xev output while trying to press a
pipe character:

KeyPress event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0xc00001,
    root 0x65, subw 0x0, time 9684949, (174,178), root:(276,271),
    state 0x0, keycode 113 (keysym 0xfe03, ISO_Level3_Shift), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0xc00001,
    root 0x65, subw 0x0, time 9686068, (174,178), root:(276,271),
    state 0x88, keycode 94 (keysym 0x7c, bar), same_screen YES,
    XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 21
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (7c) "|"
    XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (7c) "|"
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0xc00001,
    root 0x65, subw 0x0, time 9686105, (174,178), root:(276,271),
    state 0x88, keycode 94 (keysym 0x7c, bar), same_screen YES,
    XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 21
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (7c) "|"
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0xc00001,
    root 0x65, subw 0x0, time 9688251, (174,178), root:(276,271),
    state 0x88, keycode 113 (keysym 0xfe03, ISO_Level3_Shift), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

Moreover, in emacs, C-h k AltGr-3 tells me that the resultant character
is M-#, instead of #. It seems that Alt key appears to be pressed
constantly. (Same applies to C-h k AltGr-4.)

Any ideas about what might be causing the problem?


Regards.

xmodmap:  up to 3 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):

shift       Shift_L (0x32),  Shift_R (0x3e)
lock        Caps_Lock (0x6d)
control     Control_L (0x25),  Control_L (0x42)
mod1        Alt_L (0x40),  ISO_Level3_Shift (0x71),  Meta_L (0x9c)
mod2        Num_Lock (0x4d)
mod3      
mod4        Super_L (0x7f),  Hyper_L (0x80)
mod5        Mode_switch (0x5d),  ISO_Level3_Shift (0x7c)

ii libx11-6 2:1.1.5-2
ii libx11-data 2:1.1.5-2
ii xkb-data 1.3-2
ii xserver-xorg-input-kbd 1:1.3.1-1
No packages found
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xkb_keymap {
	xkb_keycodes  { include "xfree86+aliases(qwerty)"	};
	xkb_types     { include "complete"	};
	xkb_compat    { include "complete"	};
	xkb_symbols   { include "pc+tr"	};
	xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc105)"	};
};

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