Polytropon, I appreciate the prompt response tremendously. I went ahead and tried your suggestion, but the problem persists. However -- and I should have given this more thought earlier -- I looked at the Xorg log, and it may provide more useful information. I will go ahead and attach it:
-> http://www.nabble.com/file/p22240456/Xorg.0.log Xorg.0.log Once again, thank you. Polytropon wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:01:54 -0800 (PST), devindg <dgarcia.t...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> I don't know if this is a WM issue or an X issue, but whatever it is, >> it's >> hard to diagnose. This nuisance started to occur after an upgrade of all >> my >> ports. >> >> I ran Xev and pressed ALT to see what it would return. Here it is: >> >> ClientMessage event, serial 33, synthetic YES, window 0x1800001, >> message_type 0xdd (WM_PROTOCOLS), format 32, message 0xdb >> (WM_DELETE_WINDOW) > > This looks strange. Pressing the (left) Alt key sould give > something like this: > > KeyPress event, serial 24, synthetic NO, window 0x1200001, > root 0x73, subw 0x0, time 3045197954, (505,110), root:(1018,180), > state 0x10, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES, > XLookupString gives 0 bytes: > XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: > XFilterEvent returns: False > > KeyRelease event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x1200001, > root 0x73, subw 0x0, time 3045198051, (505,110), root:(1018,180), > state 0x18, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES, > XLookupString gives 0 bytes: > XFilterEvent returns: False > > The xev output you presented doesn't indicate that an Alt key has > been pressed. > > It indicates that when pressing the Alt key issues a command to > the window manager (or from it?) - WM_PROTOCOLS - to close the > window focussed at the moment - WM_DELETE_WINDOW. This isn't an > action the Alt key should be mapped to. > > > >> (4) http://www.nabble.com/file/p22238102/xorg.conf xorg.conf > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "kbd" > EndSection > > Didn't you define a keyboard layout in xorg.conf? I'm not sure > about how this is to be done after the massive X update (I read > somethink like DBUS is needed now to select keyboard layout). > > Maybe you can try something like this: > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "kbd" > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > Option "XkbLayout" "de" > Option "AutoRepeat" "250 30" > EndSection > > Insert the layout you need (e. g. US). > > > -- > Polytropon >>From Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/ALT-key-kills-window-application-tp22238102p22240456.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
