I have the same problem with the Spanish keyboard. After updating to Ubuntu 24.10 with GNOME 47 using Wayland, some keyboard key combinations don't work in certain applications anymore.
Especifically, and as you mentioned, when using AltGr+X or AltGr+Z, nothing happens in applications like Firefox, Evolution or Geary. That key combination should render « and » (Guillemets, or Spanish/French quotes) when the keyboard is set to Spanish in GNOME Settings, which is my case, and it worked well before the update. It still works as expected in other applications like Gnome Web or Libre Office. I reinstalled the affected apps, switched them between flatpak, deb and snap, rebooted the system, tried all possible combinations in both GNOME and the affected apps settings, even tried with different keyboards and devices... Nothing worked. Finally I restarted the system selecting X.Org/X11 instead of Wayland and, as it happened so many times before when something is broken, the problem was gone. So I assume the bug is, indeed, related to Wayland somehow. May I suggest changing the title of this bug report to a more general "Missing characters on keyboard under Wayland", since it also affects other language settings? Thank you. (I filed the bug under the wayland package) ** Package changed: ubuntu => wayland (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to wayland in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2084189 Title: Missing characters on Norwegian keyboard under Wayland Status in wayland package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I have a Logitech Mechanical Mini keyboard, and two characters guillemotleft («) and guillemotright (») that previously worked by pressing [right alt]+[z] and [right alt]+[x] does not work after upgrading to Ubuntu 24.10. The special key is set to default. I'm using Solaar, but there are no rules that should interfere with those keypresses, and it doesn't matter whether that app run or not. Some random testing seems to indicate that it is only those two characters that are missing, but the testing isn't extensive. The characters guillemotleft and guillemotright are also called "sjevroner" and "anførselstegn" in Norwegian, and they are said to be the correct quotation marks in published papers. [Norwegian Wikipedia: Anførselstegn](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anf%C3%B8rselstegn) The layout is reported as expected by the "keyboard layout" (tecla) app that opens from the accessability menu. Ie. menu in top right corner of the desktop. The same happen both in "Norwegian" and "Norwegian (no dead keys)". The same characters are in use in "Danish", and they are included on keyboard layout, but does not work. They keys as such work as expected (zxZX), but I can't test with other keyboards for the moment. A workaround is to use the sequence [compose][<][<] and [compose][>][>], but I wonder whether that is well known. [addendum] Usually I never use Wayland, but due to upgrade to 24.10 I got Wayland as default. Seems like this anomaly only exist in Wayland, because when I switched back to X11 the keyboard layout was as expected. Under X11/Gnome I get the following ```bash $ localectl System Locale: LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=nb_NO:nb:no_NO:no:nn_NO:nn:en VC Keymap: (unset) X11 Layout: no X11 Model: pc105 ``` ```bash $ setxkbmap -query rules: evdev model: pc105+inet layout: no,no,dk,us variant: nodeadkeys,,, options: compose:rctrl ``` Under Wayland/Gnome I get the following ```bash $ setxkbmap -query WARNING: Running setxkbmap against an Xwayland server rules: evdev model: pc105 layout: us ``` Given that I'm understand this correctly libinput is using evdev, so setxkbmap should give the same, but it does not? (Yes, I've seen the warning.) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wayland/+bug/2084189/+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
