Re: Getting Alt key to work in X with Win keyboard
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On Sun, 26 Sep 1999 debuser@platinum.globe-mart.com wrote:
> I have a cheap keyboard which has a Windows key next to the Alt key. On
> the console, the Alt key works as expected, but in X, the Alt key doesn't
> work. Instead, the functionality of the Windows key and the Alt key seems
> to have been swapped (Windows key functions as the Meta key and Alt
> doesn't seem to do anything). I've tried different keyboard models in the
> XF86Config file, but I can't seem to get the Alt key to work as would be
> expected in X. What's the best way to get my Alt key to work in X with
> this keyboard?
I also have a keyboard with "windows" keys, as well as that menu
key. Here's the keyboard section from my XF86Config:
Section "Keyboard"
Protocol "Standard"
XkbRules "xfree86"
XkbModel "pc104"
XkbLayout "us"
EndSection
According to the symbol mappings (combining the xfree86, pc104, and us i
end up looking in the pc104 section of /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/us),
my alt keys are bound to alt (aka Mod1), and the windoze keys are bound to
meta (aka Mod4).
xkbprint (from the xbase-clients package) can generate a postscript file
showing what the XKB extention things your keyboard looks like.
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