There were two related sources that led to the problem. The quick fix in unity8 was already released. The mir series of changes that ended up being part of 0.24 would have avoided the problem too but only as a side effect.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unity8 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1565236 Title: AltGr not working on external keyboards Status in Canonical System Image: Fix Released Status in Mir: Fix Committed Status in mir package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in ubuntu-system-settings package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Using my keyboard with Spanish layout: - PC: Everything works perfect. - Ubuntu Touch: I can't write accented characters (dead acute, áéíóú). Extra info: - Keyboard: https://goo.gl/photos/xZUE8kRsReW1VKPA6 (http://www.logitech.com/en-hk/product/wireless-touch-keyboard-k400r2) - Ubuntu Desktop: 12.04 - Ubuntu Touch: bq Aquaris E4.5 15.04 (r305) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1565236/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp