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Re: modifier keys stop working [second try]



On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:34:48 -0400, I wrote:

> I am repeatedly losing modifier-key function.
>
> I run an up-to-date Lenny system and use the window manager fvwm (2.5.26-1)
> so that I can mostly work from the command line.  I also have a virtual XP
> machine (VM, VMware 1.06).
>
> If I use the VM for a few minutes (usually Photoshop, sometimes Acrobat), I
> find that SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT no longer modify what I enter in the Linux
> window.  For example, CTRL-c, ALT-c, and SHIFT-c all just send `c'.

On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:13:17 -0400, I wrote:
> ... this succeeded:
>   xmodmap -e "add shift = Shift_L"
>
> and in fact restored shift function nicely.  An analogous line for the control
> function works too, but this:
>   xmodmap -e "add alt = Alt_L Meta_L"
>
> failed ...

On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:23:22 +0200, Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es>
wrote:

> I would run "xmodmap -pm" before vmware screws up the modifier keys and
> then write a short shell script that restores the modifier map to
> exactly that state.

I hadn't quite figured that out, but it makes sense now and works well.
Thanks.


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