AltGr key mysteriously stops working

I added these lines to /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi to enable my AltGr key a long time ago:
<merge key="input.xkb.layout" type="string">us</merge>
<merge key="input.xkb.variant" type="string">altgr-intl</merge>
<merge key="input.xkb.options" type="string">compose:ralt</merge>
...but I noticed recently that my alt key doesn't register as an AltGr key anymore. I tested in xev to make sure. Does anybody have any idea what might be going on here?
Last edited by megajosh2 (2010-07-01 21:45:00)

That happened to me with the new Xorg update.
Apparently Xorg ignores 10-keymap.fdi, so I have to set "setxkbmap -layout us -variant altgr-intl" in my .xinitrc
Last edited by teh (2010-07-01 05:47:06)

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