Bug#241537: xlibs: AltGr (AltRight) no longer recognized in many apps since upgrade to 4.3 from 4.2
Package: xlibs
Version: 4.3.0-7
Severity: normal
I'm runinng a Debian/Testing system as an X client. As the X server, I
use Hummingbird Exceed 7.1 on a Win32 machine.
When I recently updated my X packages (mainly xlibs, xfree86-common, and
some X libs, I'm not using xserver-xfree86, as I'm using a separate X
server, see above) from 4.2 (don't remember the exact version) to
4.3.0-7 a few days ago, I suddenly lost the ability to use the AltGr
(AltRight) key in Mozilla and all Gnome apps I have tested. But it
still works in XTerm, XEmacs, and all KDE apps I have tested, including
Konsole. Alt (AltLeft) works nicely everywhere.
As a result, I cannot type some special characters on my German
keyboard in the affacted apps: @, €, {, [, ], }, \, ~, |
As the only possibly relevant Gnome-related packages that I had upgraded
at the same time is gnome-session, I seriously doubt that it is a Gnome-
specific problem.
Within the X conglomerate, xlibs was the most relevant package I could
find, so I'm filing this bug report against xlibs in the hope that this
is correct.
I have only read bugs of the xfree86 source package that apply to at
least version 4.3. My problem seems to be most similar to the following
bugs:
* 234113: xlibs or xkb: no more pipe, tilde, ... (alt-gr ?) on ibook
* 240351: xserver-xfree86: Alt-Gr does not work anymore
Running `xev` and pressing and releasing the AltGr key says:
| KeyPress event, serial 23, synthetic NO, window 0x5800001,
| root 0x2b, subw 0x0, time 13602741, (863,943), root:(867,963),
| state 0x0, keycode 97 (keysym 0xff7e, Mode_switch), same_screen YES,
| XLookupString gives 0 bytes: ""
|
| KeyRelease event, serial 23, synthetic NO, window 0x5800001,
| root 0x2b, subw 0x0, time 13602814, (863,943), root:(867,963),
| state 0x20, keycode 97 (keysym 0xff7e, Mode_switch), same_screen YES,
| XLookupString gives 0 bytes: ""
Running `setxkbmap -print` says (nova.mehnle.net being the Win32
machine running Hummingbird Exceed):
| XKB extension not present on nova.mehnle.net:0
Running `xkbwatch` says:
| Fatal Error: Server doesn't support a compatible XKB
| Exiting
This is probably due to Hummingbird Exceed not supporting any XKB stuff.
It all worked fine before the update from 4.2 to 4.3, and I'm at a total
loss as to the problem's possible reason. If you need any additional
data, feel free to ask!
-- Package-specific info:
No XFree86 X server log files found.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (600, 'testing'), (90, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.25-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
Versions of packages xlibs depends on:
ii libice6 4.3.0-7 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libsm6 4.3.0-7 X Window System Session Management
ii libx11-6 4.3.0-7 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxext6 4.3.0-7 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxft1 4.3.0-7 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxi6 4.3.0-7 X Window System Input extension li
ii libxmu6 4.3.0-7 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii libxmuu1 4.3.0-7 lightweight X Window System miscel
ii libxp6 4.3.0-7 X Window System printing extension
ii libxpm4 4.3.0-7 X pixmap library
ii libxrandr2 4.3.0-7 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii libxt6 4.3.0-7 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii libxtrap6 4.3.0-7 X Window System protocol-trapping
ii libxtst6 4.3.0-7 X Window System event recording an
ii xlibs-data 4.3.0-7 X Window System client data
-- no debconf information
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