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Re: Getting CTRL-ALT-DEL to work (Semi- and puzzlingly SOLVED)



On Sun, 2003-05-04 at 21:14, Mark L. Kahnt wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-05-04 at 16:11, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On Sun, 2003-05-04 at 13:19, Thomas Krennwallner wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > > 
> > > On Sun May 04, 2003 at 11:51:52AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
[snip]
> > Well, this is interesting.
> > 
> > I've been running all my failed tests using the *right* CTRL and
> > ALT keys.
> > 
> > When I use the *left* keys, it works like a charm.  Why would
> > this be?
> 
> That would be because left and right Ctrls and Alts send different
> keycodes, particularly with the right alt and non-English keyboards
> (right alt is often a compose or additional character set key.)

- Is it documented anywhere that only (L)CTRL-(L)ALT-DEL works?

- Can I make it so that either set of CTRL & ALT keys works on my 
  US English ?

- Would that have a deleterious side-affect?

Ron
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