Bug#522635: xserver-xorg-input-kbd: alt-gr doesn't work for some characters

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 21:33:14 +0100, Gerfried Fuchs wrote:

>  From what I know there isn't just one package maintainer (I see four
> people listed in the Uploaders field) and there aren't 1000 bugs

Saying xserver-xorg-input-kbd has 1 maintainer is an overstatement, the
number of people who care is probably 0.  The Uploaders field doesn't
really mean anything.

> (actually there are 17 in this source package).
> 
Sure.  Now look at
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?maint=debian-x@lists.debian.org
and try again, with still 1 maintainer (and here again, 1 is probably
more than the reality).

>  If the problem is to not understand the problem, then pretty please,
> don't let it lie around for almost a year and never ask for having it
> explained more clearly. And no, digging around for how upstream likes to
> receive their bugs, in which system and where, doesn't scale when there
> are people that actually know that information first hand from their
> maintainer work.
> 
>  I try to explain the issue again, hopefully clearly enough: In German
> keyboard layout, AltGr-q gives you an @. AltGr is the right alt key.
> This works perfectly in urxvt-unicode and in gvim. It though does *not*
> work in pidgin or firefox, they just receive the plain q. Those are just
> two applications from either side of the problem, there are more, it's
> not limited only to those but are meant as an example.
> 
What does xev report when you press those keys?  Does the problem happen
in all gtk apps?  Does the problem happen in non-gtk apps?

Cheers,
Julien