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Subject: Re: AltGr doesn't produce @|{[]}\~
References: <87fyu9d7tg DOT fsf AT vzell-de DOT de DOT oracle DOT com>
From: "Dr. Volker Zell" <Dr DOT Volker DOT Zell AT oracle DOT com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 20:51:22 +0200
In-Reply-To: <87fyu9d7tg.fsf@vzell-de.de.oracle.com> (Volker Zell's message  of "Wed, 20 Jul 2005 13:40:27 +0200")
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>>>>> Volker Zell writes:

    > Hi list
    > My AltGr-Key doesn't produce the following chars @|{[]}\~ anymore under X. This
    > is on a german keyboard (Toshiba Laptop - Tecra) after an upgrade to the
    > latest bash, XWin, coreutils and a rebaseall afterwards.

    > Everything is fine in a non-X bash window.

    > Any ideas how to debug this.

Some more info from xev when pressing for example AltGr and the | sign:

This is from my Laptop:
-----------------------

KeyPress event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x1200001,
    root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 40663360, (72,-11), root:(97,540),
    state 0x0, keycode 37 (keysym 0xffe3, Control_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x1200001,
    root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 40663360, (72,-11), root:(97,540),
    state 0x4, keycode 113 (keysym 0xfe03, ISO_Level3_Shift), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x1200001,
    root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 40666194, (72,-11), root:(97,540),
    state 0x84, keycode 94 (keysym 0x7c, bar), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (1c) ""
    XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (1c) ""
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x1200001,
    root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 40666295, (72,-11), root:(97,540),
    state 0x84, keycode 94 (keysym 0x7c, bar), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (1c) ""

KeyRelease event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x1200001,
    root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 40666675, (72,-11), root:(97,540),
    state 0x84, keycode 37 (keysym 0xffe3, Control_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 

KeyRelease event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x1200001,
    root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 40666685, (72,-11), root:(97,540),
    state 0x80, keycode 113 (keysym 0xfe03, ISO_Level3_Shift), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 



This is from my PC where it works OK:
-------------------------------------

KeyPress event, serial 21, synthetic NO, window 0x1400001,
    root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 221288, (8,184), root:(717,207),
    state 0x0, keycode 113 (keysym 0xfe03, ISO_Level3_Shift), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 24, synthetic NO, window 0x1400001,
    root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 222740, (8,184), root:(717,207),
    state 0x80, keycode 94 (keysym 0x7c, bar), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (7c) "|"
    XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (7c) "|"
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 24, synthetic NO, window 0x1400001,
    root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 222870, (8,184), root:(717,207),
    state 0x80, keycode 94 (keysym 0x7c, bar), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (7c) "|"

KeyRelease event, serial 24, synthetic NO, window 0x1400001,
    root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 223120, (8,184), root:(717,207),
    state 0x80, keycode 113 (keysym 0xfe03, ISO_Level3_Shift), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 

KeyPress event, serial 24, synthetic NO, window 0x1400001,
    root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 270198, (8,184), root:(717,207),
    state 0x0, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 24, synthetic NO, window 0x1400001,
    root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 271480, (8,184), root:(717,207),
    state 0x8, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 


Ciao
  Volker


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