Combination keys with right Alt key not working

tbhaxor · 6 December 2023 14:31

Recently I discovered right ALT + F4 is not working but left ALT + F4 is working. Not only that, any combination key with right ALT is not working. I have configured ALT + T is for konsole, it only works left ALT key.

Here is the system information

Output of inxi -Ga

$ inxi -Ga
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20
    ports: active: eDP-1 empty: none bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3e9b
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: nvidia v: 545.29.06 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+
    status: current (as of 2023-11; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
    process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
    lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1f91 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-11:2
    chip-ID: 13d3:56a2 class-ID: 0e02 serial: 0x0001
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.2
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
    alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Najing CEC Panda 0x0036 built: 2018 res: 1920x1080
    hz: 120 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64")
    diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
    drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: iris device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia
    surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: iris inactive: wayland,device-2
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.1.9-manjaro1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL
    GT2) device-ID: 8086:3e9b memory: 15.11 GiB unified: yes
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.269 layers: 1 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
    name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 driver: nvidia v: 545.29.06
    device-ID: 10de:1f91 surfaces: xcb,xlib

xev logs from Right ALT + A

 FocusIn event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    mode NotifyNormal, detail NotifyNonlinear

KeymapNotify event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
    keys:  100 0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   
           0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   

PropertyNotify event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    atom 0x197 (_NET_WM_STATE), time 34319680, state PropertyNewValue

KeyPress event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    root 0x964, subw 0x0, time 34323163, (-692,648), root:(169,1079),
    state 0x10, keycode 108 (keysym 0xfe03, ISO_Level3_Shift), same_screen YES,
    XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 92
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    root 0x964, subw 0x0, time 34323264, (-692,648), root:(169,1079),
    state 0x90, keycode 108 (keysym 0xfe03, ISO_Level3_Shift), same_screen YES,
    XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 92
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    root 0x964, subw 0x0, time 34323630, (-692,648), root:(169,1079),
    state 0x10, keycode 108 (keysym 0xfe03, ISO_Level3_Shift), same_screen YES,
    XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 92
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    root 0x964, subw 0x0, time 34323751, (-692,648), root:(169,1079),
    state 0x90, keycode 108 (keysym 0xfe03, ISO_Level3_Shift), same_screen YES,
    XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 92
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    root 0x964, subw 0x0, time 34327066, (-692,648), root:(169,1079),
    state 0x10, keycode 108 (keysym 0xfe03, ISO_Level3_Shift), same_screen YES,
    XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 92
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    root 0x964, subw 0x0, time 34329022, (-692,648), root:(169,1079),
    state 0x90, keycode 38 (keysym 0x61, a), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (61) "a"
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    root 0x964, subw 0x0, time 34329188, (-692,648), root:(169,1079),
    state 0x90, keycode 38 (keysym 0x61, a), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (61) "a"
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    root 0x964, subw 0x0, time 34333582, (-692,648), root:(169,1079),
    state 0x90, keycode 108 (keysym 0xfe03, ISO_Level3_Shift), same_screen YES,
    XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 92
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

FocusOut event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    mode NotifyNormal, detail NotifyNonlinear

PropertyNotify event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    atom 0x197 (_NET_WM_STATE), time 34336495, state PropertyNewValue

xev logs from Left ALT + A

FocusIn event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    mode NotifyNormal, detail NotifyNonlinear

KeymapNotify event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
    keys:  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   
           0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   

PropertyNotify event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    atom 0x197 (_NET_WM_STATE), time 34556257, state PropertyNewValue

KeyPress event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    root 0x964, subw 0x0, time 34558006, (-431,332), root:(430,763),
    state 0x10, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    root 0x964, subw 0x0, time 34558157, (-431,332), root:(430,763),
    state 0x18, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    root 0x964, subw 0x0, time 34558431, (-431,332), root:(430,763),
    state 0x10, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    root 0x964, subw 0x0, time 34558560, (-431,332), root:(430,763),
    state 0x18, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    root 0x964, subw 0x0, time 34558789, (-431,332), root:(430,763),
    state 0x10, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    root 0x964, subw 0x0, time 34559239, (-431,332), root:(430,763),
    state 0x18, keycode 38 (keysym 0x61, a), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (61) "a"
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    root 0x964, subw 0x0, time 34559369, (-431,332), root:(430,763),
    state 0x18, keycode 38 (keysym 0x61, a), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (61) "a"
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    root 0x964, subw 0x0, time 34560010, (-431,332), root:(430,763),
    state 0x18, keycode 38 (keysym 0x61, a), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (61) "a"
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    root 0x964, subw 0x0, time 34560122, (-431,332), root:(430,763),
    state 0x18, keycode 38 (keysym 0x61, a), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (61) "a"
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    root 0x964, subw 0x0, time 34560508, (-431,332), root:(430,763),
    state 0x18, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

FocusOut event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    mode NotifyNormal, detail NotifyNonlinear

PropertyNotify event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    atom 0x197 (_NET_WM_STATE), time 34561116, state PropertyNewValue

bedna · 6 December 2023 14:37

Aren’t “Alt” and “Alt Gr” different keys?

Mirdarthos · 6 December 2023 14:37

Hi @tbhaxor,

AFAIK in Plasma, you have to configure both. So probably Konsole as well.

Hope this helps!

Edit:

They are, but not all keyboards have the AltGr key. For example, mine doesn’t…

dmt · 6 December 2023 14:50

You have Alt Gr or right Alt set to third level shift. You can change this in System Settings.

System Settings → Input Devices → Keyboard → Advanced → Key to choose the 3rd level

You may need to set it to “Right Alt never chooses 3rd level”.

system · 6 December 2023 18:48

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