From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 15 23:56:40 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.rdc2.bc.home.com (mail2.rdc2.bc.home.com [24.2.10.85]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4806F37B670 for ; Sun, 15 Oct 2000 23:56:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from godlike ([24.69.237.141]) by mail2.rdc2.bc.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.00 201-229-121) with SMTP id <20001016065636.WIZG8768.mail2.rdc2.bc.home.com@godlike> for ; Sun, 15 Oct 2000 23:56:36 -0700 Message-ID: <001601c03807$7a96bec0$8ded4518@kldt1.bc.wave.home.com> From: "Mike Batchelor" To: Subject: ALT Key Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 23:57:13 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0013_01C037CC.CDF4C340" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C037CC.CDF4C340 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi there, I have a problem with getting my ALT keys working in a freshly installed = 4.1.1-RELEASE version of FreeBSD. My alt-keys work fine in Windows so I = don't think it's a problem with the keyboard... I also tried another = keyboard with the same results. In Freebsd the keyboard mapping has been set to the US ISO keymap. Pressing ALT-1 for example, it is as if I was not even holding the ALT = key down... just pressing the 1 key. I noticed this mainly in BitchX = where I could not switch windows.. yet could from a different computer = via telnet. Could you please help me out if you have any info? Thanks a lot! ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C037CC.CDF4C340 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi there,

I have a problem with getting my ALT = keys working=20 in a freshly installed 4.1.1-RELEASE version of FreeBSD. My = alt-keys work=20 fine in Windows so I don't think it's a problem with the keyboard... = I also=20 tried another keyboard with the same results.

In Freebsd the = keyboard mapping has been=20 set to the US ISO keymap.

Pressing ALT-1 for example, it is = as if I was=20 not even holding the ALT key down... just pressing the 1 = key. I=20 noticed this mainly in BitchX where I could not switch windows.. = yet could=20 from a different computer via telnet.

Could you please help me out if you = have any=20 info?

Thanks a = lot!

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