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Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xorg

Alt gr doesn't work when trying to choose 3rd level characters using my
HP pavillion laptop (swedish layout). Running Ubuntu 9.10 amd64.

When pressing Alt gr + 2 for making an @ nothing happens. The blinking
courser just disappears.

I have experienced the same problem before using Jaunty (32 bit).
Luckily then, when I couldn't figure it out the problem went away by
itself after a few days.


Strange thing is that the only time it seems to work is when writing inside the application Gnome-Do. Because of different architecture? It does not work inside terminal in contrary to related bugs. 

I have tried the fix suggested in
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xkeyboard-config/+bug/410876 ,
but without any results.

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When using "xev" from terminal I get this result when pressing Alt gr (also get the same results when I press left alt-key).

FocusOut event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyAncestor

FocusIn event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    mode NotifyUngrab, detail NotifyAncestor

KeymapNotify event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
    keys:  2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   
           0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

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"xmodmap -pm" from terminal gives me:

xmodmap:  up to 2 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):

shift       Shift_L (0x32),  Shift_R (0x3e)
lock        Caps_Lock (0x42)
control     Control_L (0x25),  Control_R (0x69)
mod1        Alt_L (0x40),  Meta_L (0xcd)
mod2        Num_Lock (0x4d)
mod3      
mod4        Super_L (0xce),  Hyper_L (0xcf)
mod5        ISO_Level3_Shift (0x5c),  Mode_switch (0xcb)
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KEYBOARD configuration:

sta@staffy-laptop:~$ xprop -root | grep XKB
_XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "evdev", "hpdv5", "se", "", "lv3:ralt_switch,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "hpdv5", "se", "", "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp,lv3:ralt_switch"

sta@staffy-laptop:~$ apt-cache policy xkb-data
xkb-data:
  Installed: 1.6-1ubuntu5
  Candidate: 1.6-1ubuntu5
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Nevertheless, switching to left win-key for choosing 3rd level
characters instead of alt gr, from options at keybord - layout, seems to
work, but is not satisfying.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Nov 10 11:45:24 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard Pavilion dv5000 (ET038EA#ABU)
Package: xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu7
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=ace79031-3f05-4593-ba06-1f8506638402 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu7
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: xorg
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64
XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] Filen eller katalogen finns inte: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
dmi.bios.date: 02/08/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.54
dmi.board.name: 30A4
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: 49.63
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.54:bd02/08/2007:svnHewlett-Packard:pnPaviliondv5000(ET038EA#ABU):pvrF.54:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn30A4:rvr49.63:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Pavilion dv5000 (ET038EA#ABU)
dmi.product.version: F.54
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro:             Ubuntu
 architecture:       x86_64kernel:             2.6.31-14-generic

** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xkeyboard-config xorg

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Unable to select 3rd level characters using Alt gr (Karmic)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/479948
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