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hauntergeist

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From: Vienna

Registered: 2008-10-11

Posts: 56

[solved] some keyboard keys dont work properly.

Hi everyone!

Recently I reinstalled Arch and installed the latest Xorg. I have a Dell Latitude C660 notebook with as Swiss German keyboard and the problem is regardless of which Layout, Model, Variant and Options I use, the AltGr-Key doesnt work.

I tried XkbLayout = latitude (or dell or even pc105), XkbModel = ch (or fr or de) and XkbVariant = fr (or I ignored the variant) and XkbOptions = "compose:ralt,lv3:ralt_switch,eurosign:e"

After I changed the xorg.conf I restarted X to let the configuration take effect.
Without the AltGr-Key I cant use some important signs.
I appreciate any answer.

Greetings,
hauntergeist.

Last edited by hauntergeist (2008-10-24 06:24:37)

Mektub

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From: Lisbon /Portugal

Registered: 2008-01-02

Posts: 647

Re: [solved] some keyboard keys dont work properly.

I tried XkbLayout = latitude (or dell or even pc105), XkbModel = ch (or fr or de)

I suppose the above is a mistyping, since it should be the other way around, XkbLayout=ch etc...

My xorg:

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "pt"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
EndSection

That is enough for the AltGR-key to work.

In /var/log/Xorg.0.log:

(**) Option "CoreKeyboard"
(**) Keyboard0: always reports core events
(**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
(**) Keyboard0: Protocol: standard
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
(**) Keyboard0: XkbRules: "xorg"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) Keyboard0: XkbModel: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "pt"
(**) Keyboard0: XkbLayout: "pt"
(**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off"

Did you try your AltGR-key with another OS/LiveCD ?

Mektub

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GERGE

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From: Turkey

Registered: 2008-09-29

Posts: 157

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Re: [solved] some keyboard keys dont work properly.

In terminal, run xev command. Press AltGR then. You will understand what to the once you run the command. This will give you information about your key. You can see whether or not your Arch recognises the key. But if it doesn't, I don't know what to do.

You can try to paste the output of xev here. Someone sure would help.

NOTE: If you are using Openbox and if your is recognised, I can help.

hauntergeist

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From: Vienna

Registered: 2008-10-11

Posts: 56

Re: [solved] some keyboard keys dont work properly.

I tried XkbLayout = latitude (or dell or even pc105), XkbModel = ch (or fr or de)

I suppose the above is a mistyping, since it should be the other way around, XkbLayout=ch etc...

Yes, you are right.

I experimented a bit and now it works. I dont know why. I thought I had this config already and it didnt work, but now it does.
My xorg.conf looks as follows:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
        Option      "XkbRules"          "xorg"
        Option      "XkbModel"          "latitude"
        Option      "XkbLayout"         "ch"
EndSection

I left out the XkbOptions compose:ralt and lv3:ralt_switch. Maybe they overwrote the AltGr-key ...

Thanks for your answers.
Greetings,

Daenyth

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From: Boston, MA

Registered: 2008-02-24

Posts: 1,244

Re: [solved] some keyboard keys dont work properly.

Please mark this thread as [SOLVED]

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