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  Pressing ` on Macbook in Debian produces § Eric Andrew Lewis <eric.andrew.lewis@gmail.com> - 2016-04-17 00:30 +0200
    Re: Pressing ` on Macbook in Debian produces § Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2016-04-17 13:00 +0200
      Re: Pressing ` on Macbook in Debian produces § Eric Andrew Lewis <eric.andrew.lewis@gmail.com> - 2016-04-17 18:40 +0200
        Re: Pressing ` on Macbook in Debian produces § Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2016-04-18 11:50 +0200
          Re: Pressing ` on Macbook in Debian produces § Eric Andrew Lewis <eric.andrew.lewis@gmail.com> - 2016-04-18 18:20 +0200

#166801 — Pressing ` on Macbook in Debian produces §

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Hi,

I notice that when I press the backtick key, the section symbol (§) is
produced instead.

This bug has been reported on Ubuntu (#1245081
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1245081>).

I've found a workaround by placing this in ~/.Xmodmap

keycode  94 = grave asciitilde grave asciitilde grave asciitilde grave
asciitilde

But I wonder, what package is this bug in? Can I help fix it?

Eric Andrew Lewis
ericandrewlewis.com
+1 610 715 8560

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On Sat, 2016-04-16 at 18:25 -0400, Eric Andrew Lewis wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I notice that when I press the backtick key, the section symbol (§)
> is
> produced instead.
> 
> This bug has been reported on Ubuntu (#1245081
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1245081>).
> 
> I've found a workaround by placing this in ~/.Xmodmap
> 
> keycode  94 = grave asciitilde grave asciitilde grave asciitilde
> grave
> asciitilde
> 
> But I wonder, what package is this bug in? Can I help fix it?

This is a problem not just on Macbooks, but for anyone who uses an
Apple keyboard.

This isn't really a bug. It was a decision made by the kernel
developers, and is a really old problem.

A better solution is to add a file in 
/etc/modprobe.d/
with this: 

options hid_apple iso_layout=0

-- 
Cheers,
Sven Arvidsson
http://www.whiz.se
PGP Key ID 6FAB5CD5

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On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 6:54 AM, Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> wrote:
> This isn't really a bug. It was a decision made by the kernel
> developers, and is a really old problem.

Interesting. What was the decision?

Thanks for the alternate fix, I'll use that instead.

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On Sun, 2016-04-17 at 12:32 -0400, Eric Andrew Lewis wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 6:54 AM, Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> wrote:
> > 
> > This isn't really a bug. It was a decision made by the kernel
> > developers, and is a really old problem.
> Interesting. What was the decision?
> 
> Thanks for the alternate fix, I'll use that instead.

I don't recall the circumstances, but you could probably google for the
bug reports.

You could also try to file a bug report with Debian and ask for the
defaults to be changed (against the linux-image-* package) but I
wouldn't expect much.


-- 
Cheers,
Sven Arvidsson
http://www.whiz.se
PGP Key ID 6FAB5CD5

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On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 5:43 AM, Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> wrote:
> You could also try to file a bug report with Debian and ask for the
> defaults to be changed (against the linux-image-* package) but I
> wouldn't expect much.

Let's see where this goes:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=821421

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