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From: Chris Spackman <chris@osugisakae.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] <ALT> key doesn't work anymore under Xorg
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:51:11 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7cac8d0587fd3a881ee916d4bf2aa9b4@osugisakae.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <HZHTK6CU.X6NRTJWD.2IJLENML@22ADZZHJ.6QCHZP5X.MTWKULII>

On 2024-12-27 08:16, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> Hi,
> recently (currently xorg-server-21.1.15) the <ALT> key seems to be
> ignored.
> Entering some key combination like <ALT> M enters an M in my editor.

Have you tried xev in a terminal to see if the key is recognized, and
if it is, what code is received. On my keyboard, left alt is keycode
64, "Alt_L" and right is keycode 108, "Alt_R".

xev is in the x11-apps/xev package.

-- 
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ESOL Coordinator                            The Graham Family of Schools
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-12-27 15:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-12-27 13:16 [gentoo-user] <ALT> key doesn't work anymore under Xorg Helmut Jarausch
2024-12-27 15:37 ` Jack Ostroff
2024-12-27 15:51 ` Chris Spackman [this message]
2024-12-29 16:43   ` Helmut Jarausch

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