The game quake4 don't have a console with a azerty keyboard. The problem was solved by idsoftware in quake4 version 1.4.0 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.lauch the game with a azerty keyborad 2.Trie to get console with the magic key sequence <CTRL+ALT+²> 3.I do'nt get the game console. Actual Results: You don't get the game console. Bye bye the god mode to see the end of this games if you are not a good gamer;). Expected Results: You get the game console with all idsoftware commands games
This is not a Gentoo Bugzilla product bug; please read the descriptions.
Use the ebuild in bug #173491.
Try the 1.4.2 ebuild in the tree. It should fix this, as Paul said.