Re: lost left alt-key with todays X-upgrade in woody

[Georg Koss <g.koss@eunet.at>]

Hi Arne!
On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 08:43:35PM +0100, Arne Scheffler wrote:

> > I found the description of patch #052, but I do not have any idea what
> > that "alt"-file or "ctrl"-file is or where to look for.
> 
> /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/ralt
I've searched a file called alt ... damn, I was hit with blindness X-(

> I don't know the right way to use it, though. The documentation is low
> in this area. 
Right ...

>I've just added the following lines to
> /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/macintosh/de
> 
> partial alphanumeric_keys
> xkb_symbols "mycustomkeys" {
>     include "macintosh/de(nodeadkeys)"
>     include "ralt"
> };
> 
> and the InputDevice Section of XF86Config-4 looks like
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
>         Driver          "keyboard"
>         Option          "CoreKeyboard"
>         Option          "XkbRules"      "xfree86"
>         Option          "XkbModel"      "macintosh"
>         Option          "XkbLayout"     "de"
>         Option          "XkbVariant"    "mycustomkeys"
> EndSection
> 
> For me it works.

You're completely right - IT WORKS!!! =8-)))))))

THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED

Have a good time &

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M.f.G.

Georg Koss

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