[SOLVED really] (was: (K)ubuntu and US intl keyboard, does not work anymore)

[Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es>]

    > Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:

    > I'm using the Kubuntu 17.04 distribution, with "US intl with dead keys"
    > keyboard layout, but with the Awesome window manager instead. With a
    > freshly compiled emacs, ä etc works fine.

    > $ setxkbmap -query
    > rules:      evdev
    > model:      pc105
    > layout:     us_intl
    > options:    lv3:ralt_switch

Thanks to https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/DeadKeys
the best solution was

Disable input methods globally if you don’t use them (this won’t prevent
e.g. the XKB-set Compose key from working), by adding this line to your
~/.xinputrc:

  run_im none

And everything is fine again.

Uwe Brauer