On Sunday November 7 2004 18:09, Bram Mertens wrote: > Recently I edited my XF86Config-4 file (in an attempt to get the nvidia > drivers to work) and ever since something in my keyboard setup is > screwed up. > > The keyboard layout is azerty and before messing things up pressing the > Alt Gr key in combination with the &-key generated the pipe symbol "|". > (Pressing the shift key with this key generates the number 1) > > Similarly pressing Alt Gr + s should generate the greek beta (or german > eszet) "ß". > > I have restored my previous XF86Config-4 file but I am still unable to > type any of these "extra" symbols. Which other configuration determines > this behaviour?
As Andrea already said, it might be a problem with your DEs setup. If you're running unstable, there was an update to KDE 3.3 recently. That broke AltGr for me. What I found to be the cause is that KDE seems to override defualt settings after the update. To fix it, go to the "Regional & Accesibility"->"Keyboard Layout" settings in the control panel. There, you: * disable keyboard leyouts on the first tab * either disable xkb options on the third tab OR make sure "Reset old options" is UNchecked. Afterwards, restart X. If that doesn't fix it, have a look at the output of xmodmap. There should be a line like this: mod5 ISO_Level3_Shift (0x71) If there isn't, you have to create that mapping yourself. Try running this command from an X terminal: xmodmap -e "add mod5 = ISO_Level3_Shift" and see if it helps. If it does, create a file ~/.xmodmap with one line: add mod5 = ISO_Level3_Shift That should be evaluated automatically if you don't have a ~/.xinitrc. If you have one, call "xmodmap - < ~/.xmodmap" from there. -- Got Backup? Jabber: Shadowdancer at jabber.fsinf.de
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