Ubuntu
xorg package

Macbook Pro Italian model lacks ralt, needs lwin bound

Bug #69485 reported by Nick Moffitt
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xorg (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I am not Italian, but had to help a user with an Italian model Macbook Pro with the Italian keyboard layout.

I had to change the xorg.conf XkbOptions from ralt_switch to lwin_switch in order to make the left Apple key act like AltGr. This Macbook Pro is i386, so some of the assumptions about i386 vs PPC are on their head a bit.

Before I did this, it was impossible to type @ or #, which are pretty important symbols. He found it difficult to send e-mails or join IRC channels.

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

Thanks for reporting this bug in Ubuntu. Can you please test to see if it occurs in Feisty or a newer version of Ubuntu? If so, can you please also attach your /etc/X11/org.conf and /var/log/Xorg.0.log files, and the output from lspci -vv?

Changed in xorg:
status: New → Incomplete
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Nick Moffitt (nick-moffitt) wrote :

Unfortunately, the hardware that exhibited this problem is likely back in Italy right now and no longer available to me.

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

Okay thanks for getting back. Unfortunately without the equipment on hand we won't be able to get keycodes and other information needed to debug this problem. I'll close it as out of date, but if you happen to get ahold of your friend's keyboard again, please feel free to open a new bug about it.

Changed in xorg:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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