From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 5 21:51:20 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CF9816A419 for ; Sun, 5 Aug 2007 21:51:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from novembre@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.177]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C899513C465 for ; Sun, 5 Aug 2007 21:51:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from novembre@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id a73so2347277pye for ; Sun, 05 Aug 2007 14:51:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=BT+4EoUErEYr485fv6wiapkWCtngvdXXe0JANpcBfr2GmCVXBlgmXdvBoktVfWgr6tpi3KZ/C/oOLjx4NeDhzxRFciCPneah4RycZUptHQFbPQn6AjHeRzSKb+3hvjk5SdxcESSBwKK02klw3NTxgd+O/CnWqBjVTw+45Bwtg9c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=O9cL1jiRxzOUmTkhcFbs/GANtILNYklwb0mdC9R87wIKrOHCiqkv5M0l5d8Hi47sacZ0GQK7QWRiCmXLKU4i07zkWIQCBIQQ5V2Cwx2etHu7TzQykZeWemse+Jf0QvDLxI7GF2u0fWyh5tv6Bz5MrWYpFkMuMw95J8T0yODHMTA= Received: by 10.65.51.4 with SMTP id d4mr7814381qbk.1186350678839; Sun, 05 Aug 2007 14:51:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.210.16 with HTTP; Sun, 5 Aug 2007 14:51:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3b47caa90708051451t3a9cbe2fs2c20f99fd76b0476@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 16:51:18 -0500 From: Novembre To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <3b47caa90708041410s30f87f52g4d928c928e5f0eb0@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <3b47caa90708041410s30f87f52g4d928c928e5f0eb0@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: keyboard layout change in Xorg 7.2 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: Sun, 05 Aug 2007 21:51:20 -0000 On 8/4/07, Novembre wrote: > > I have Xfce 4.4.1_1 on top of X.org 7.2 running on FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASEinstalled on a Pentium III-S > 1.4GHz machine. > The problem is that the ALT keys are not working when using XkbLayout > option in xorg.conf when I put the following lines in /etc/X11/xorg.conf: > > Option "XkbLayout" "us,ir" > Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle" > > With these options, single ALT keys do not work, and I mean not just in > changing the keyboard layout, but anywhere! For example, ALT-TAB which > should change the current window does not work anymore. I have found out > that in this case, i.e. using XkbLayout option, if I press both ALT keys > at the same time, it'll do work! So, LEFTALT-RIGHTALT-TAB changes the > current window, and LEFTALT-RIGHTALT-SHIFT changes the layout. I have no > idea why, and I see no reason why, since I told X that the layout needs to > be changed when I press only ONE of the ALT keys (and I have not mentioned > which one, so both should be okay) and the SHIFT key. It's very troublesome, > and I don't want to hold down both ALTs instead of just one of them. The > same setting used to work when I was using Xfce 4.2 on top of X.org 6.9. > Any ideas? > > Thanks a lot >