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cajzell
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Location: Falkenberg, Sweden
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 Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 2:25 pm Post subject: Alt key not working as required |
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Hello,
I use the functionalities of Alt-. and Alt-d in bash a lot to get previous argument and emacs-style "kill-word" respectively. Now, after starting Xorg, I get strange characters instead, BUT the same thing works if I use my ESC-key. (Before doing "startx" I have the functionality I want, so I figure there's something wrong with my xorg). Here's the relevant part:
| Code: | Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "se"
EndSection
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I have an IBM R51 Thinkpad. Anyone can tell me what's wrong? |
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zeruel
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Joined: 05 Mar 2003
Posts: 28
Location: Scotland
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| Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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I had a similar problem, when using xterm with xorg,
alt+1, alt+2, etc gave me ¹ ² etc. instead of switching 'windows' in irssi like it used to with xfree
I fixed it by adding the following to my .Xdefualts
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XTerm*eightBitInput: false
XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true
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either that or start xterm like
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xterm -xrm "XTerm*eightBitInput: false" -xrm "XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true"
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cajzell
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Location: Falkenberg, Sweden
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| Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Zeruel,
but the problem persists in all my apps since I think it is something wrong with my xorg.conf. So, for example, in emacs if I want to do "kill-word" with Alt-D, it does not work. I'd like the Alt-key to behave as the Meta-key in X. I've tried also | Code: | | Option "LeftAlt" "Meta" |
but it did not work either. |
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cajzell
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Location: Falkenberg, Sweden
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| Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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I tried catching the key event with "xev" and found the following when pressing (and releasing) my left Alt key + "d".
| Code: | KeyPress event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x800001,
root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 38662193, (76,154), root:(565,174),
state 0x0, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyPress event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x800001,
root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 39470996, (119,115), root:(600,135),
state 0x8, keycode 40 (keysym 0x64, d), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (64) "d"
XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (64) "d"
XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyRelease event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x800001,
root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 39471276, (119,115), root:(600,135),
state 0x8, keycode 40 (keysym 0x64, d), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (64) "d"
KeyRelease event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x800001,
root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 38663455, (76,154), root:(565,174),
state 0x8, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
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I have a cygwin installation on another computer and on this one I get the desired results. Looking at the xev dump on that one I can observe the same information as above (discounting obvious discrepancies), but with "serial" exchanged to 22 (first press of "Alt) and then 25.
To me, it seems like xterm and bash gets the same events on both setups and maybe I can find the fault by looking at those applications, but the behaviour in emacs has changed at the same time also (putting out an "ä" when pressing Alt-d), making it unlikely that both those applications have changed their behaviour at the same time.
Any ideas where I can look further?
(A simple question. If you have an xterm with bash right now up and running. What happens if you type "abcd", go back to the beginning and then holding down "Alt" and press "d"? Does your "abcd" disappear? If so, can you tell me what you get from doing the same thing in xev? |
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Kazaza
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Joined: 28 Mar 2004
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Hi... I read on the swedish forum about your problem, but I will follow it up here, incase there are other searching for an answer...
I did the test as you described it above, and got the result that "abcd" dissappeared... and xev gives me these outputs:
| Code: | KeyPress event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
root 0xd6, subw 0x0, time 932309, (823,351), root:(826,377),
state 0x10, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyPress event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
root 0xd6, subw 0x0, time 932940, (823,351), root:(826,377),
state 0x18, keycode 40 (keysym 0x64, d), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (64) "d"
XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (64) "d"
XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyRelease event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
root 0xd6, subw 0x0, time 933094, (823,351), root:(826,377),
state 0x18, keycode 40 (keysym 0x64, d), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (64) "d"
KeyRelease event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
root 0xd6, subw 0x0, time 933379, (823,351), root:(826,377),
state 0x18, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
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The part in /etc/X11/xorg.conf looks like this:
| Code: | Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
Option "RightAlt" "ModeShift"
Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
Option "XkbLayout" "se"
EndSection
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As you can see I have a slightly different setup for my keyboard, I'm using a microsoft natural multimedia keyboard, and I do not know how much the difference is just because of that... If you would like me to post anything else from any config, just let me know... ill bookmark this thread...
You might wanna try the option:
| Code: | | Option "XkbModel" "pc105" |
PS. vet inte om det är till nån hjälp, men det kan vara värt ett prov... D.S |
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durian
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Location: Margretetorp
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| Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 2:02 pm Post subject: Re: Alt key not working as required |
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| cajzell wrote: | Hello,
I use the functionalities of Alt-. and Alt-d in bash a lot to get previous argument and emacs-style "kill-word" respectively. Now, after starting Xorg, I get strange characters instead, BUT the same thing works if I use my ESC-key. (Before doing "startx" I have the functionality I want, so I figure there's something wrong with my xorg). Here's the relevant part:
| Code: | Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "se"
EndSection
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I have an IBM R51 Thinkpad. Anyone can tell me what's wrong? |
Mine looks like:
| Code: | Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "se"
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Works with ctrl-A and D. Swedish keyboard.
-peter |
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cajzell
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Posts: 176
Location: Falkenberg, Sweden
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| Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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Guys,
I am so sorry for troubling you all with this. I should have listened to Zeruel from the beginning, but I was so convinced I had the same problem in emacs, so I really didn't think about it. 
The thing was that my emacs was functioning properly and I really was convinced it did not.
So, better late than never (as we sort of say in Sweden), Thanks again Zeruel!!! |
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