Macbook 2,1 Alt Gr key on Kubuntu 10.04
Last weekend I updated my laptop to the fresh Kubuntu Lucid Lynx. As on every update I lost the Alt Gr key functionality. So, I came to my blog to check how I solved it with the previous release. Unfortunately that didn’t work, for some reason I don’t know the xkb rules are ignored. It took me sometime to find out how to solve it but finally I succeeded. I guess it might work out on any other Macbook family laptop.
Go to System Settings>Regional & Language > Keyboard Layout
Check Enable keyboard layouts and then go to Switching Options. After that press the button next to the text 3rd level shortcuts and select the option Right Win under the section Key to choose 3rd level. Works immediately.
I hope you find it useful.
May 5, 2010 at 6:19 pm
Thank you very much my friend. I am new to kubuntu and kept strugling to find that particular option. This was very helpfull indeed. Someone really should sugest this little explanation on help documentation of kubuntu.
Cheers
May 6, 2010 at 10:52 am
Thanks for your comment. It’s always nice to hear that it was useful to someone.
May 9, 2010 at 12:58 pm
As Daniel says, thank you very much. this was annoying me very much, I couldn’t even type @! (but now I can). thanks again!
May 9, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Oh, one more thing, do you know how to get the isight camera to work on a macbook 2,1? I tried whats on the wiki, but it doesnt seem to work. I dont have Mac OSX anymore.
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April 5, 2011 at 5:24 pm
You are a lifesaver. Thank you my friend.