Bug#345436: xlibs: Alt-GR key not working at all under X
> Denis Barbier <barbier@linuxfr.org> [2006-01-02 18:43]:
>
> On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 05:28:35PM +0100, David Martínez Moreno
> wrote:
> > El lunes, 2 de enero de 2006 15:24, Lukas Ruf escribió: [...]
> > >
> > > \#@¦| :) -- exiting X and launching it again -- fixed the
> > > problem! Thanks for the help!
> >
> > No problem. We are glad to see you happy. :-) Thanks for your
> > bug report.
> >
> > Denis, rest of XSF, should we do anything about this recurrent
> > issue?
>
> Backward compatibility rules can be added, this is performed by
> xkeyboard-config. In this particular case, de_CH was a layout which
> could not be combined with other layouts, and was already obsolete
> in sarge. I do not know what can be done to force people to upgrade
> to newer layouts.
I cannot speak on behalf of others but if there was a huge bold
warning telling me the differences ('apt-list-changes' or similar,
don't know exactly) while upgrading, I would have possibly saved about
2 hours.
Anyway. Thanks for your help!
wbr,
Lukas
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