MacBook Pro (5,3) Keyboard Weirdness

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Published on 2011-05-10T10:48:28Z Indexed on 2012/03/22 17:42 UTC
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My MacBook Pro (5,3) works almost completely OOTB (with restricted video and WiFi drivers), but I am experiencing some keyboard weirdness.

Specifically to get either (` and ~) or (´ and ¨) I have to press the key twice. Only these two keys behave this way - every other key mapping works.

Keyboard settings are:

Model: Apple Laptop (due to #538474)
Layout: United Kingdom Macintosh (International)

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