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  • [gentoo-user] key doesn't work anymore under Xorg

    From Helmut Jarausch@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 27 14:20:01 2024
    Hi,
    recently (currently xorg-server-21.1.15) the <ALT> key seems to be
    ignored.
    Entering some key combination like <ALT> M enters an M in my editor.

    Does anybody know how to fix this?
    Many thanks,
    Helmut

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  • From Jack Ostroff@21:1/5 to Helmut Jarausch on Fri Dec 27 16:40:01 2024
    On 12/27/24 8:16 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
    Hi,
    recently (currently xorg-server-21.1.15) the <ALT> key seems to be
    ignored.
    Entering some key combination like <ALT> M enters an M in my editor.

    Does anybody know how to fix this?
    Many thanks,
    Helmut

    Is it that the <ALT> is being ignored, or that <ALT>-M used to be a
    global shortcut for something and it no longer is?  For me, some recent updates seem to have removed <ALT>-TAB as the shortcut to select the
    next window.  Just a thought - I know I may well be completely wrong in
    my conclusion.

    Jack

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  • From Chris Spackman@21:1/5 to Helmut Jarausch on Fri Dec 27 17:00:01 2024
    On 2024-12-27 08:16, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
    Hi,
    recently (currently xorg-server-21.1.15) the <ALT> key seems to be
    ignored.
    Entering some key combination like <ALT> M enters an M in my editor.

    Have you tried xev in a terminal to see if the key is recognized, and
    if it is, what code is received. On my keyboard, left alt is keycode
    64, "Alt_L" and right is keycode 108, "Alt_R".

    xev is in the x11-apps/xev package.

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  • From Helmut Jarausch@21:1/5 to Chris Spackman on Sun Dec 29 17:50:01 2024
    On 12/27/2024 04:51:11 PM, Chris Spackman wrote:
    On 2024-12-27 08:16, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
    Hi,
    recently (currently xorg-server-21.1.15) the <ALT> key seems to be
    ignored.
    Entering some key combination like <ALT> M enters an M in my editor.


    Thanks Jack, thanks Chris for your help.
    It turned out my keyboard is broken.

    Regards,
    Helmut

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