From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 17 07:56:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E434316A4E6 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 07:56:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nocturnal@swehack.se) Received: from mail2.swebase.com (mail2.swebase.com [82.99.44.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F9DE43D53 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 07:56:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nocturnal@swehack.se) Received: from [82.99.47.5] by mail2.swebase.com (MDaemon.PRO.v8.1.0.R) with ESMTP id 01-md50000046934.msg for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:56:10 +0200 Message-ID: <44BB4253.50506@swehack.se> Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:54:59 +0200 From: nocturnal User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060116) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Erik_N=F8rgaard?= References: <44B20BC6.3050600@swehack.se> <44B266A3.9070309@locolomo.org> <44B2777B.5@swehack.se> <44B2CA13.2030804@locolomo.org> In-Reply-To: <44B2CA13.2030804@locolomo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Authenticated-Sender: nocturnal@swehack.se X-MDRemoteIP: 82.99.47.5 X-Return-Path: nocturnal@swehack.se X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on mail2 X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.4 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Processed: mail2.swebase.com, Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:56:16 +0200 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alt Gr key troubles in FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 07:57:00 -0000 Hi I'm sorry for the late reply but i thought i had sent you an e-mail when actually i had not. I tried all the things you mentioned and i discovered that the problem can easily be reproduced in any application. It's simply a matter of me not letting go of the shift key fast enough. I reproduce it by typing any number of characters in caps with the shift key down and then directly switching to pressing the alt gr key and hitting the 8 character for example in order to produce the [ character on Swedish keyboards. This is when the output becomes silent and nothing happens. I tried on a co-workers computer which runs Windows and it's the same on that system. It's been a while since i properly used the Windows system so i had forgotten that it was like that there to. No reply is required to this thread as i have found out that this is just the way the driver works on both FreeBSD and Windows systems. So i have my answers. Med vänliga hälsningar Stefan Midjich aka nocturnal [Swehack] http://swehack.se Erik Nørgaard wrote: > nocturnal wrote: > >> Well i usually use vim and it's hard to know if it happens in other >> applications, because i use vim so much compared to the other >> applications and also because i mostly write those characters in vim. I >> do use FreeBSD at home to and i can't remember any problems from writing >> e-mails or chatting on irc. I use rxvt for all my terminal applications. >> Of course this could simply mean i don't use those characters much in >> those applications. I used to use nedit, before vim, and i am sure i had >> the same problem in nedit. > > Well, could you to narrow in on the problem try and test these things? > > 0th: Tell us your keyboard settings in XF86Config (model and layout) > > 1st: List the characters that you have problem with - obviously you need > a computer that doesn't suffer this problem :) > > 2nd: Try to type all these characters with the correct key-combinations, > > - In the console > - In xterm > - In vi (not vim) > - In xemacs/emacs > - In firefox or thunderbird - any place you can type > > Then maybe someone can point you closer to the solution. > > Cheers, Erik