The problem turned out to be because of this line in /etc/default/console-setup: CHARMAP="UTF-8"
It can be solved by changing it to: CHARMAP="ISO-8859-1" -- Some key combinations don't work under Feisty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/105548 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs