If it's everywhere in X and Xfce doesn't mess with the keys, then I think
it can only be a mapping problem. Do you have a ~/.Xmodmap file?
Run
> xev
What does it output when you press AltGr. For my layout it's
KeyPress event, serial 24, synthetic NO, window 0x1a00001,
root 0x2d, subw 0x0, time 2460357623, (1054,62), root:(1059,85),
state 0x0, keycode 113 (keysym 0xff7e, Mode_switch), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 characters: ""
Post the output of
> xmodmap -pke|grep 113
For me this gives (not surprisingly)
keycode 113 = Mode_switch
Also post the output of
> xmodmap -pm
Here this gives:
shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e)
lock Caps_Lock (0x42)
control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x6d)
mod1 Alt_L (0x40)
mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d)
mod3 Mode_switch (0x71)
mod4
mod5 Scroll_Lock (0x4e)
What exactly is the behaviour you want to have? You were talking about "a
classic dead key". I've never heard of AltGr behaving as a dead key. The
term "dead key" is usually used to refer to keys such as the accents and
the tilde ~ which don't produce output when you press them alone but
instead combine with the key pressed afterwards.
Normal behaviour for AltGr (at least what I would consider normal
behaviour) is as a modifier, i.e. AltGr modifies other keys while it is
being held down, e.g. holding AltGr down and pressing E while holding
AltGr down gives the Euro symbol. The difference between the dead key
and the modifier is that you don't hold down the dead key. You press it,
you release it, then press another key and the dead key combines with the
2nd key. A modifier always has to be held down to do something (unless
you're using special accessibility features which can indeed make
modifiers behave as dead keys although I think you would rather call
that a sticky modifier, not a dead key).
So do you really mean that your AltGr should behave as a dead key (i.e.
something like the accents or the tilde) or do you in fact mean that it
should be a modifier?
MSB
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