Re: ALT key doesn't work in X, affecting emacs especially.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: : The ALT key in X11 isn't working right. I have just installed : XFree86, the SVGA server for the Matrox Millenium (4MB WRAM), and I : am not sure what I did or didn't do, or could have done to make : this key work right. Is it the Keyboard setup in the

ALT key doesn't work in X, affecting emacs especially.

The ALT key in X11 isn't working right. I have just installed XFree86, the SVGA server for the Matrox Millenium (4MB WRAM), and I am not sure what I did or didn't do, or could have done to make this key work right. Is it the Keyboard setup in the installation of the Debian system? Is it xterm?

Re: ALT key doesn't work in X, affecting emacs especially.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The ALT key in X11 isn't working right. I have just installed XFree86, the SVGA server for the Matrox Millenium (4MB WRAM), and I am not sure what I did or didn't do, or could have done to make this key work right. Is it the Keyboard setup in the installation of

Re: ALT key doesn't work in X, affecting emacs especially.

The ALT key in X11 isn't working right. I use xmodmap to set it up: Here's my ~/.Xmodmap bit of file to get the left ALT key to be a Meta key: clear mod1 keycode 64=Meta_L add mod1 = Meta_L -- Peter Galbraith, research scientist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maurice-Lamontagne Institute,