On Saturday 16 January 2016 13.44:38 deloptes wrote:
> Thierry de Coulon wrote:
> > What I don't know is what is causing the problem. The rest of the
> > keyboard layout continues to work, only Alt Gr is gone. So far only
> > loging out and in cures the problem.
>
> This is strange as I never had a problem with the keyboard. I have
> DE,US,BG,RU at home and DE,CH,US,BG in the office.
>
> I use jessie with TDE 14.0.2
>
> What debian version do you have and what TDE?

Same as you do.

> Perhaps you should check the settings - example disable external xkb or
> alike.

I've got "Enable keyboard layouts" checked, with Swiss and US keyboards 
selected. I've noted I had left the default "104-key", I've changed to 105 - 
could that make a change?

AFAIK I have no other xkb option set.

> German - nodeadkeys ... for CH I don't know which variant is setup  ATM.

I use the deadkeys, so my variant is simply fr

> If its not a setting, it could software defect for the keyboard model (did
> you try with another one) or even a hardware defect.

I can rule this out, I've used several keyboards - mostly Lenovo keyboards , 
the one I'm typing on is brand new Unicomp.

There is on thing however: there is a USB switch between the keyboard and the 
computer. I'd have to test if this happens on the other computers connected, 
but I seldom have to use these keys on them because they have special uses 
(video, backup).

> regards

Thanks for helping :)

Thierry