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[Solved] AltGr key not operative

Posted: 03 Nov 2018, 09:26
by osjbe
Dear all,
I would like using french keyboard :
setxkbmap -layout fr
but AltGr key does not allow to get special characters like | @ or others.

Thanks for your help,
Regards,
osjbe

AltGr key not operative

Posted: 03 Nov 2018, 15:02
by Ed_P
Hello osjbe.

We need more information to address your problem. What version of Porteus are you using? 4.0? 32bit or 64bit? And which DE: Cinnamon, KDE, LXDE, LXQT, MATE, OPENBOX, XFCE?

AltGr key not operative

Posted: 05 Nov 2018, 22:19
by osjbe
Hello Ed,
Thank you for your post, sorry for my delayed reply.
Porteus is 4.0 32bits, desktop manager is openbox. Computer is Asus EEEPC X101CH.
Regards
Osjbe (olivier)

AltGr key not operative

Posted: 06 Nov 2018, 13:12
by jssouza
Hi osjbe,

Is it possible that you have a sub variant of the French keyboard?
Could you tell us which key along with AltGr should map to "@" and which to "|"?

AltGr key not operative

Posted: 06 Nov 2018, 20:36
by osjbe
Hi Jssouza,
AlrGr+2 should give ~
AlrGr+2 should give ~
AlrGr+2 should give ~
AlrGr+2 should give ~

AltGr key not operative

Posted: 06 Nov 2018, 20:46
by osjbe
Sorry Jssouza....
AltGr+2 should give ~ (I indicate the position of 2 in us keyboard in French keyboard it is é )
AltGr 3 --> #
AltGr 4 --> {
AltGr 5 --> [
AltGr 6 --> |
AltGr 7 --> `
AltGr 8 --> \
AltGr 9 --> ^
AltGr 0 --> @
AltGr - (- in us keyboard, in French keyboard it is ' ) ' ) --> ]
AltGr = --> }

Thx, regards

AltGr key not operative

Posted: 07 Nov 2018, 00:56
by donald
Hi
I had the same problem with a german keyboard layout.

The Fix:
open /home/guest/.config/gxkb/gxkb.cfg
delete all layouts except the one you need (de in my case)
and add lv3:ralt_switch_multikey after terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp
so it does look like this:

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guest@porteus:~$ setxkbmap -query
rules:      evdev
model:      pc105
layout:     de
variant:    ,,
options:    grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp,lv3:ralt_switch_multikey
guest@porteus:~$ 
log out/in

this fixed the AltGr problem for me..

[Solved]AltGr key not operative

Posted: 07 Nov 2018, 06:50
by osjbe
Thank you very much Donald, it worked perfectly, have a good day.