On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 03:23:40PM -0600, Steve Meyers wrote: > Barry Roberts wrote: > > This has been annoying me since I started using FC5, and just this > > week, I finally figured out why it works sometimes and not others. > > > > I use emacs' chords like end-of-buffer a lot. Normally that's bound > > to Meta+> (Alt+>, i.e. Alt+Shift+.). Sometimes it works, sometimes > > it's just like typing a ">" character. A few days ago I finally > > figured out that what makes the difference is the order I chord the > > Alt and Shift. If I Shift first, then Alt, I get a ">" character. If > > I Alt first, then Shift, it works as expected. > > > > This is the same for several Alt+Shift chords I've tried and it does > > in a GNOME desktop and fluxbox. It happens on emacs (or other > > programs) running locally, remote X via ssh, and in an ssh term. > > Anything displaying on the X server on my machine. From a text > > console the order doesn't matter. > > I have a similar problem. I use the windows key for a couple of things, > and sometimes in FC5 it doesn't work as a meta key. X recognizes when I > press down the windows key, but it doesn't pass it as a modifier when I > press something else while keeping the windows key down. If I log out > and back in a few times, I can eventually get it to work. > > I filed a bug report for it back when I switched to FC5, but I haven't > heard anything since then.
I found the same thing and filed a related bug on Gnome (I hadn't figured out the bit about the sequence in which you put your fingers down). But I don't think it's a Gnome or X issue. I think it's a kernel issue (??). I fell back to 2.6.16 on my laptop for unreleated issues, and lo, the problem went away. See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=189120 for a workaround. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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