Bug#336510: ALT GR key not working - w/ workaround
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
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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
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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 ;-)
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Volker Jahns, volker@thalreit.de
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