Re: I give up ... XFree keymapping problem, perhaps?
On Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 02:41:52PM -0500, Seth M. Landsman wrote:
> Okay, I have four(!) debian machines all very up to date with very
> different hardware. On each of them, I have an MS Natural Keyboard. One
> of them, my laptop, has a keyboard with windows keys, but I usually use
> the MS keyboard because it is much nicer to my wrists.
> Anyways, on all my machines I have an identical window maker
> setup, all running the newest verion. On every machine, I can switch
> between workspaces using the window key + left and right. I prefer this,
> as my alt and ctrl keys are massively overloaded as is. However, on my
> laptop, this doesn't work. In setting up windowmaker, the windows key is
> taken as a keystroke, and cannot be combined with keys.
>
> Details :
>
> the WindowsKey + Left/Right works on a PPro 200, latest potato,
> with the latest X 3.2 debs and an AMD 300 K6-2, latest potato, latest X
> 3.2 debs with the newer XF86 SVGA binary put in place (for the video card,
> a G200).
> This doesn't work on a P200MMX laptop with the same system, save
> the Xserver replaced with the neomagic xserver.
>
> Anyone have a clue? Can anyone suggest something for me to try
> out?
>
> -Seth
>
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>
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The windows key is sent to the computer as Control-Escape sometimes.
Try mapping something to Control-Escape.
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Stephen Pitts
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