On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:56 PM, nonobstant <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I keep on answering myself, tough I have not found the solution yet. > I have noticed that dead keys did not work on my identy on Ubuntu but they did work under a different identity. I've trie to reinstall Wine. But things did not change. > Strange. > Any help ? This seem to actually be a Ubuntu issue, rather than a Wine issue, but anyway... Have look at your keyboard layout setting... (Preferences > Keyboard) Under layouts, check the keyboard model and the layout (Mine, for the occational Afrikaans, has the layout set to USA International (AltGr dead keys) which requires right Alt / AltGr with the deadkeys in order for it to work) Under France there is quite a few layout options... Gert