I'm pretty sure the accent twice situation only occurs when you're not in international mode. I know that on my keyboard, I have to double-hit accents if I'm in international mode, but I'm also able to type accented characters, which I can't in normal mode.
I'm redirecting this bug to the kernel, since I think that's where keyboard presses are handled. ** Changed in: Ubuntu Sourcepackagename: None => linux-source-2.6.17 Importance: Undecided => Wishlist Status: Rejected => Confirmed -- Hitting the accent key causes system beep https://launchpad.net/bugs/78187 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs