Feisty upgrade: where'd my alt key go?

Pete Slagle list-ubuntu-users at voidcaptain.com
Tue Apr 24 21:51:31 UTC 2007


Colin Brace wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I updated from 6.10 --> 7.04 with the update manager, and everything went
> ok, except for some weirdness with the installed tor deb.
> 
> One thing though: it seems my alt key no longer works. I thought something
> might be intercepting it in the Gnome keyboard setup, but nothing looked
> obvious. It is definitely system- and not app-level; Atl-F2 and Alt-Tab no
> longer work in Gnome. :(
> 
> Any ideas about what might be going on here?
> 
> I have  Feisty installed on an Acer Aspire 5500Z laptop.


Go to:

 Control Center ->
  Hardware Keyboard ->
   Layout Options ->
    Third level choosers

and pick something other than your Alt key.








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