> I have a new Dell Latitude D620 laptop. I have everything, > including Emacs, installed identically to the way I had it on > my old machine. However, the key sequences `C-M-right', > `C-M-left', `C-M-up', and `C-M-down' are > apparently not being sent to Emacs from the keyboard of the > new machine. > > In emacs -Q (it doesn't matter which Emacs version), `C-h k' > followed by using `C-M-right' still waits for me to hit a > key - the `C-M-right' is not seen by Emacs at all. Opening a > dribble file shows the same thing: > `C-M-right' key sequences are not recorded. > > I've looked through the Emacs doc. I've tried to google for > something about this, but I haven't found anything. Anyone > know what's going on and how to fix it? Thanks.
My thanks to Peter Povinec for the solution, which he found here: http://www.edugeek.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=68720. These are hotkeys that come from a recent Intel graphic chip. The C-M-<arrow> keys actually rotate the display! Here's how to turn off all such graphic hot keys, for others who might be interested: Right-click the desktop > Settings tab > Advanced > Click the bar across the top, behind the tabs (the bar is labeled "Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Mobile") > Graphics Properties... > Hot Keys > uncheck Enable Hot Keys > OK > OK > OK. Whew! Thanks, Peter. Crazy, huh? - Drew
