Re: AltGr works with only one key

[gropius365 at pobox dot com]

Hello,

I am experiencing what appears to be the same problem as described
below.  I am attaching my own copy of XWin.0.log and the output of xev
 which I hope will be helpful.

It appears that for every keypress that fails we have the xev output:
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (00) "
instead of something like
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (23) "#"

Also, sometimes after attempting such a failed AltGr key combination,
subsequent keypresses on normal keys act as if the the ctrl key is
depressed.  Hitting ctrl again returns the keyboard to its normal
state.

I am running xorg-server 1.5.3 on XP Pro (Version 2002 SP2), and I'm
using a French keyboard  [layout "French (Standard)" (40c), type "4"
is detected].

This problem began for me with the move to X.Org X11R7.4 (when all the
/usr/X11R6 paths moved to /usr, etc.).   I have found several mentions
of this type of problem in past postings (dating back to 2005 for
example) but they appeared to have been resolved for previous cygwin X
implementations.

Regards. . .



> I can't do |@\{}[] in X (they all need the AltGr key), but I can do #
> perfectly, with the AltGr key. (It's the 3 key with AltGr)
>
> I have a Toshiba laptop running Vista. I used to have a Toshiba with
> XP and Cygwin X and never had this problem.
>
> The non-X bash terminal window works fine.
>
> Here's a sequence from xev where I press down the AltGr key, then
> press and release the 1 key, then press and release the 2 key, then
> press and release the 3 key and then release the AltGr key:
>

Attachment: XWin.0.log
Description: Binary data

Attachment: xev.log
Description: Binary data

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