Resolved, PLEASE CLOSE BUG - no further action to be taken. This problem was due to Alt being mapped by default as the ISO 3rd level character chooser, blocking its use as a normal Alt key - i.e. switching to a VT, using Alt-Tab to switch windows in X, killing X, using Alt+n for menu shortcuts etc.
Using KP_Enter as the 3rd level chooser instead frees up the Alt key which now works as normal. This can be done using the Keyboard layout options GUI in the GNOME control panel. -- alt key doesn't work https://launchpad.net/bugs/76696 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
