Re: lost the ALT key under emacs

[Thomas Vogels <tov@ece.cmu.edu>]

Tiarnan O Corrain <ocorrain@esatclear.ie> writes:

> Hey,
> 
> I've a problem running emacs on my Compaq Armada 7770DMT laptop. The
> Alt key isn't working, so I can't get any M-x type commands. Does
> anyone know why? Debian is the only dist I've run on this laptop, so I
> don't know whether it's a specifically Debian problem.

this may be a silly question, but are you sure your window manager
isn't intercepting those key strokes?  (Does ESC then x still work?)

  -tom