Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-control-center
This is a pretty strange and complicated interaction. I'm using an up- to-date Dapper installation. 1. My low-level keymap is set to dvorak (whatever that means). That is, when I installed Ubuntu I told it I want to use dvorak. My keyboard is physically qwerty. Both my Linux console and X are using dvorak by default. 2. Without adding any alternate keymaps to the keyboard selector applet, everything works fine. 3. When I *add the option* to switch to qwerty via my keyboard indicator applet (something I occasionally do when pair-programming with other people), all gtk apps (gedit, gtimelog, gaim) stop reading keyboard accelerators correctly: When I hit ctrl-q, the app does not try to quit, when I hit ctrl-l, it does not clear the screen, etc -- HOWEVER, when I hit *ctrl-'* (ctrl and single quote), it tries to quit. When I hit ctrl-n it clears the screen. single-quote happens to be where the "q" key is physically on my keyboard "n" happens to be where the "l" key is physically on my keyboard. Note that I didn't actually *switch* to qwerty here, I just added the option to my keyboard selector. All other apps, for instance emacs, do not get my keyboard accelerators confused. ** Affects: control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed -- gtk apps reading accelerator keystrokes incorrectly with alternative keymaps https://launchpad.net/bugs/51871 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs