On 1/30/06, Henrik Frisk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Apple's X11 in favour for xorg. Everything works great except I
> > can't> get the alt key to work. I've fiddled around with Xmodmap
> > without> getting a solution. A search on the net shows that it
> > isn't an unknown
> > > issue but I've been unable to solve it.
> > >
> > > I have a PB 1.67 with a Swedish keyboard (english system)
> > > Package manager version: 0.24.11
> > > Distribution version: 0.8.0.cvs
> > > xorg 6.8.2-35
> > >
> > > Any hints would be appreciated. (Since I can't type $, \, { }, [,
> > ] or any
> > > other character involving the alt key I can't really do
> anything...)
> > >
> > > /henrik
> > >
> > >
> >
> > This seems to be a common complaint about Xorg and non US/
> English
> > keyboards.
>
> Are you saying it's an issue that currnetly has no solution? I've
> fiddled around with xkeycaps too, but if I choose a MacX Ectended
> keyboard in xkeycaps, my cmd and alt keys won't give any kind of
> input. Also, I'm a little at lost with it. Maybe someone can give an
> answer to which modifier should the alt key on my keyboard be
> mapped to get the desired behaviour?
>
> /henrik
>
>
I'm saying that if there were a solution I didn't happen remember it. :-)
I hope that someone else on the list who has also had this issue can
provide an answer, either positive or negative, so that I can document
it.
--
Alexander K. Hansen
Fink Documenter
[Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment
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