Comment 2 for bug 76901
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| Jason Voegele (jason-jvoegele) wrote Re: right Alt key not recognized by default | #2 |
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I have installed the kubuntu-desktop on top of an existing Ubuntu Edgy Eft installation, and I am using KDE rather than Gnome.
The right alt key did not function properly by default in KDE either. I found a way to fix the right alt key by going to:
System Settings > Regional & Language > Keyboard Layout > Xkb Options
On that panel, check the box labeled "Enable xkb options", then select the option "Alt and Meta are on the Alt keys (default)" that appears under "Alt/Win key behavior". This causes the right alt key to function properly just like the left alt key.
However, this caused the special buttons (e.g. the volume buttons, etc.) on my ThinkPad to not work quite as well as they did previously. By default, when I would press the volume buttons while in KDE, the volume would be adjusted and a graphical volume display would pop up showing the volume level. After "fixing" the right alt key as described above, the volume buttons no longer cause the graphical pop up to display, although the volume adjustmet still works.