[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2009-02-25 Thread Bryce Harrington
** Changed in: scim (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: xkeyboard-config = scim -- dead keys broken in hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/200813 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2009-02-23 Thread Bryce Harrington
** Changed in: xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: xserver-xorg-input-keyboard = xkeyboard-config Status: Confirmed = New -- dead keys broken in hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/200813 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-05-15 Thread Lesergi
Hi, Confirmed, removing and purging scim and scim-* the problem is solved. Bye! -- dead keys broken in hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/200813 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-05-14 Thread kbit
Changing /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd/options in gconf-editor or via the commandline makes AltGr work for, until next boot: gconftool-2 --type list --list-type string --set /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd/options [bla] (bla is unknown and will be ignored) This is no solution,

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-04-30 Thread Hannes Holm Ovrén
I confirm that removing all scim-* packages and ~/.scim solved my issues with accents. é á à :) -- dead keys broken in hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/200813 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-04-30 Thread kbit
Please report whether this is still the case after reboot. For me, apt-get-removing all scim packages fixed the issue temporarily, but after reboot, AltGr did not work (again). I just reinstalled scim, but this did not change anything. So, my current situation is this: After booting, AltGr

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-04-30 Thread Bogdan Butnaru
@kbit: I managed to workaround this only by manipulating scim. I first uninstalled everything SCIM but I got the same effect as you did. So next I installed the minimum scim packages (you'll have to convince aptitude to not install the recommends; I only have libscim8c2a, scim,

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-04-30 Thread kbit
@Bogdan: Thank you. Sadly, this did not work for me. Also I noticed that the keyboard layout selected via the (non-scim) keyboard layout panel applet overrides the one set in the scim settings. (Selecting German in scim and US Intl in gnome gave me a US-Intl without AltGr. Actually, AltGr works

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-04-23 Thread kbit
I need to revoke: Now, after having the system shut down over night, with all scim packages uninstalled, I can*not* use AltGr keys again, like before. (aptitude search scim shows all displayed packages marked as p or v; none as i) -- dead keys broken in hardy

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-04-23 Thread kbit
Another observation: Whenever AltGr keys do not work, the window opening from Show current layout in the context menu of the keyboard indicator applet does not show a layout. It's just a big window in the UI background color. This is only the case when AltGr keys are not working! -- dead keys

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-04-23 Thread kbit
More observations: Earlier today, I found out that checking Press Right Alt key to choose 3rd level (which is not l10ned to German, by the way!) in the keyboard layout settings did actually activate the AltGr keys for me. (äåéëþü for qwerty while pressing Right Alt) So I thought, I got it, but:

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-04-22 Thread kbit
I can confirm this (hardy as upgraded from gutsy). 'apt-get --purge remove scim scim-*' worked for me. Now I can write German Wörter again, on my US Intl with AltGr keys -- dead keys broken in hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/200813 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-04-06 Thread Julien MARY
davebv's solution work perfectly. I have éèàû€îêñç working as expected. -- dead keys broken in hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/200813 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-04-06 Thread Zenigata
Same thing here, 'apt-get --purge remove scim scim-*' did a good job -- Z. -- dead keys broken in hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/200813 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-03-24 Thread davebv
I also have this problem, spanish keyboard. When trying to use accents, it's impossible to get it done. I used to remove scim and related packages, and also killing the processes solved it, but now it does not work anymore. Neither with skim in kubuntu, nor without scim and related packages. --

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-03-24 Thread davebv
Just solved the problem by removing ~/.scim And also, I removed all the scim packages before. -- dead keys broken in hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/200813 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-03-24 Thread Bogdan Butnaru
Hmm, hadn't tried that. I solved it by re-installing scim (only the minimum required basic packages, no recommends), and then disabling every of its features. (I just opened its settings and pretty much unchecked every checkbox...) The dead keys work now. -- dead keys broken in hardy

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-03-19 Thread Bogdan Butnaru
I can confirm that removing SCIM caused my loosing dead-keys. I uninstalled it for the same reason posted above, it kept switching to weird input modes all the time for no obvious* reason. (*Actually, I suppose it's because I use all sorts of key combinations all the time—that's why I need dead

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-03-18 Thread Michaël Van Dorpe
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 06:24:08PM -, Creak wrote: I've already answered on the other bug report (#200160) and seen that it was a duplicate. I just wanted to point out that it seems to aim everyone that has a non-english kb layout and who also uninstalled SCIM. That's true for me as

Re: [Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-03-18 Thread Ilmari Vacklin
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 08:26:03AM -, Michaël Van Dorpe wrote: How come? Hardy automatically installed it for you, no? Perhaps it did, but I don't remember it doing that. Is there a way to check if it was installed at some point? Thanks. -- dead keys broken in hardy

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-03-18 Thread Peter Júnoš
Hi, I have just installed SCIM (sudo apt-get install scim) and it does not happen anymore. Is this solution also for you? -- dead keys broken in hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/200813 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-03-17 Thread Ilmari Vacklin
Confirming on Hardy, with Finnish keyboard layout. -- dead keys broken in hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/200813 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-03-17 Thread Ilmari Vacklin
The setxkbmap command didn't fix this for me, on the contrary, it caused some letters, such as h, to stop working. (I tried running xkbmap -model pc105 -layout fi -variant fi). Alt-gr + key works for me, but on a Finnish keyboard the alt-gr key isn't used to type diacritics, so I'm not sure if

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-03-17 Thread Jean-François Fortin Tam
with so many people coming here, I guess it can be confirmed. Note that, however, this does not seem to affect everyone. I upgraded my desktop and did not suffer from this issue, but on Amar's computer it was very real. We ended up doing a fresh install and upgrading from hardy tribe 6. We don't

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-03-17 Thread Creak
Hi! I've already answered on the other bug report (#200160) and seen that it was a duplicate. I just wanted to point out that it seems to aim everyone that has a non-english kb layout and who also uninstalled SCIM. The first condition is because english language doesn't need accents as often

Re: [Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-03-17 Thread Ilmari Vacklin
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 06:24:08PM -, Creak wrote: Hi! I've already answered on the other bug report (#200160) and seen that it was a duplicate. I just wanted to point out that it seems to aim everyone that has a non-english kb layout and who also uninstalled SCIM. I have never had

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-03-15 Thread Pascal De Vuyst
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-keyboard (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- dead keys broken in hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/200813 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-03-15 Thread Pascal De Vuyst
Does AltGr+key work as described in bug #200160? ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-keyboard (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Incomplete -- dead keys broken in hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/200813 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-03-15 Thread Peter Júnoš
For me, AltGr does not affects any keys, when it is pressed - so it do not work. -- dead keys broken in hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/200813 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-03-11 Thread Ricardo Sousa
being from Portugal I tried a couple variations on that theme: xmodmap /usr/share/xmodmap/xmodmap.pt xmodmap /usr/share/xmodmap/xmodmap.pt-dead These two appear to have no effect wrt this issue setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout pt -variant sundeadkeys appears to disable theses chars so ~ + a = a

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-03-11 Thread Michaël Van Dorpe
I have the same problem with a US keyboard using the 'US International (dead keys)' option. I'm not at my Ubuntu machine now, so didn't try the above suggestion. -- dead keys broken in hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/200813 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-03-11 Thread gpothier
Confirmed here, Kubuntu Hardy. -- dead keys broken in hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/200813 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-03-11 Thread Pascal De Vuyst
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-keyboard (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: None = xserver-xorg-input-keyboard -- dead keys broken in hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/200813 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-03-11 Thread Timo Aaltonen
x-x-i-keyboard is the driver which has nothing to do with this, and xkeyboard-config has not been updated in awhile... -- dead keys broken in hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/200813 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 200813] Re: dead keys broken in hardy

2008-03-10 Thread Jean-François Fortin Tam
It was suggested to me that one could try running: xmodmap /usr/share/xmodmap/xmodmap.qc and/or: setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout ca -variant fr If those two commands do not work, according to Pascal Potvin, the problem would be hardcoded into xkb. Otherwise, it would be just symbols in X