[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#692900: Bug#692900: xfce4: No third level/meta keys available

[Yves-Alexis Perez]

On sam., 2012-11-10 at 16:01 +0100, Wolfgang Schnitker wrote:
> Package: xfce4
> Version: 4.8.0.3
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> after upgrading to debian testing and searching for a thin X client with a
> nice GUI I had the problem, that meta keys in xfce4 were not available, neither in a terminal
> session nor in any other X program like gedit, OO writer. I recognized that they
> were available in GNOME3. Especially missed keys are @, €, | on the console
> session. So it must be a problem in xfce4, not in X.
> 
> After some googleing no matching solutions could be found. But I got the
> hint, to make a ~.Xmodmap file in my home dir. 
> 
> So as I want to have the correct keybindings from gnome3 I did it in
> gnome-terminal with a xmodmap -pke > .Xmodmap command.
> 
> This was sucessful. I am now able to wirte this characters even in terminal
> session and X programs.
> 
> My real keyboard is a Logitech wireless desktop K520 with USB receiver and
> mouse, in gnome even the extra functional keys are working correctly.
> 
That just look like a keymap problem. Can you paste the result of
setxkbmap -v in both environment, without xmodmap?

Regards,
-- 
Yves-Alexis
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