Re: Once again: alt as my meta key

[Alex Mestiashvili <alex@biotec.tu-dresden.de>]

On 02/09/2017 07:27 AM, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> When I boot my Jessie it brings me, as desired, to a bash command line
> prompt (no X at this stage of the game).
> 
> If I then launch the jed editor (or emacs -nw) from that prompt,
> pressing Alt-x on the keyboard, produces the M-x prompt where jed wants it.
> 
> I then can enter startx and arrive in my desired icewm X desktop, I can
> then launch an xterm and, in it, jed, or emacs. But only Esc-x on the
> keyboard produces the wanted M-x prompt these editors.
> 
> Somewhere, somehow X (xorg, to be more precise) has eaten my M-x. Can
> anyone help me get my Meta key -- Alt -- back?
> 
> 

Not sure if that helps, but may be you can reset the modifiers:

xdotool keyup Meta_L Meta_R Alt_L Alt_R

to reset all modifiers:

xdotool keyup Shift_L Shift_R Control_L Control_R Meta_L Meta_R Alt_L
Alt_R Super_L Super_R Hyper_L Hyper_R ISO_Level2_Latch ISO_Level3_Shift
ISO_Level3_Latch ISO_Level3_Lock ISO_Level5_Shift ISO_Level5_Latch
ISO_Level5_Lock

See also:
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/60007/how-to-force-release-of-a-keyboard-modifiers