Re: AltGr is CTRL on Norwegian/German keyboard

[Heiko Nardmann <h dot nardmann at secunet dot de>]

On Dienstag, 16. September 2003 21:23, Steinar Bang wrote:
> >>>>> Harold L Hunt II <huntharo@msu.edu>:
> >
> > You don't have any of the Windows PowerToys installed, do you?
>
> Not intentially.
>
> Can they be installed during a service pack upgrade?  Can they be
> remotely installed by "helpful" IT support people?  Is there a way to
> find out if I have them installed?
>
> And do PowerToys exist for Win2k? (a search for powertoy on
> www.google.com just popped up "Powertoys for XP)

I have the same problems here with a German keyboard. The pressing of the key 
with (less,greater,bar) does not result in any character.

This worked until I decided to upgrade from Windows NT to Windows XP.

What else beside the data given below can I easily do to help debugging this 
problem?

Here is what xev prints:

KeyPress event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x3800001,
    root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 3822466, (194,186), root:(198,233),
    state 0x0, keycode 94 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:  ""

KeyRelease event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x3800001,
    root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 3822566, (194,186), root:(198,233),
    state 0x0, keycode 94 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:  ""

Now the output of Spy++:

Two times pressing AltGr:

<00001> 0012019C P WM_KEYDOWN nVirtKey:VK_CONTROL cRepeat:1 ScanCode:1D 
fExtended:0 fAltDown:0 fRepeat:0 fUp:0
<00002> 0012019C P WM_KEYDOWN nVirtKey:VK_MENU cRepeat:1 ScanCode:38 
fExtended:1 fAltDown:1 fRepeat:0 fUp:0
<00003> 0012019C P WM_SYSKEYUP nVirtKey:VK_CONTROL cRepeat:1 ScanCode:1D 
fExtended:0 fAltDown:1 fRepeat:1 fUp:1
<00004> 0012019C P WM_KEYUP nVirtKey:VK_MENU cRepeat:1 ScanCode:38 fExtended:1 
fAltDown:0 fRepeat:1 fUp:1

<00005> 0012019C P WM_KEYDOWN nVirtKey:VK_CONTROL cRepeat:1 ScanCode:1D 
fExtended:0 fAltDown:0 fRepeat:0 fUp:0
<00006> 0012019C P WM_KEYDOWN nVirtKey:VK_MENU cRepeat:1 ScanCode:38 
fExtended:1 fAltDown:1 fRepeat:0 fUp:0
<00007> 0012019C P WM_SYSKEYUP nVirtKey:VK_CONTROL cRepeat:1 ScanCode:1D 
fExtended:0 fAltDown:1 fRepeat:1 fUp:1
<00008> 0012019C P WM_KEYUP nVirtKey:VK_MENU cRepeat:1 ScanCode:38 fExtended:1 
fAltDown:0 fRepeat:1 fUp:1

Two times pressing key (less,greater,bar) next to left Shift bar:

<00009> 0012019C P WM_KEYDOWN nVirtKey:VK_OEM_102 cRepeat:1 ScanCode:56 
fExtended:0 fAltDown:0 fRepeat:0 fUp:0
<00010> 0012019C P WM_KEYUP nVirtKey:VK_OEM_102 cRepeat:1 ScanCode:56 
fExtended:0 fAltDown:0 fRepeat:1 fUp:1

<00011> 0012019C P WM_KEYDOWN nVirtKey:VK_OEM_102 cRepeat:1 ScanCode:56 
fExtended:0 fAltDown:0 fRepeat:0 fUp:0
<00012> 0012019C P WM_KEYUP nVirtKey:VK_OEM_102 cRepeat:1 ScanCode:56 
fExtended:0 fAltDown:0 fRepeat:1 fUp:1

Switching back from Cygwin to Windows using Alt-Tab:

<00013> 0012019C P WM_SYSKEYDOWN nVirtKey:VK_MENU cRepeat:1 ScanCode:38 
fExtended:0 fAltDown:1 fRepeat:0 fUp:0
<00014> 0012019C P WM_SYSKEYUP nVirtKey:VK_TAB cRepeat:1 ScanCode:0F 
fExtended:0 fAltDown:1 fRepeat:0 fUp:1
<00015> 0012019C P WM_SYSKEYUP nVirtKey:VK_MENU cRepeat:1 ScanCode:38 
fExtended:0 fAltDown:0 fRepeat:1 fUp:1



Here is my /etc/XF86Config:




########################################

Section "Files"
    RgbPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier	"Keyboard1"
    Driver	"Keyboard"
    Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
    Option "XkbRules"	"xfree86"
    Option "XkbModel"	"pc105"
    Option "XkbLayout"	"de"
    Option "XkbVariant"  "nodeadkeys"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "dummy"
    Driver      "dummy"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "dummy"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "dummy"
    Device      "dummy"
    Monitor     "dummy"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier      "dummy"
    Screen          "dummy"
    InputDevice     "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

########################################

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