Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:20:16 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: devindg <dgarcia.tamu@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ALT key kills window/application Message-ID: <20090227032016.c0252454.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <22238102.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <22238102.post@talk.nabble.com>
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On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:01:54 -0800 (PST), devindg <dgarcia.tamu@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't know if this is a WM issue or an X issue, but whatever it is, it's
> hard to diagnose. This nuisance started to occur after an upgrade of all my
> ports.
>
> I ran Xev and pressed ALT to see what it would return. Here it is:
>
> ClientMessage event, serial 33, synthetic YES, window 0x1800001,
> message_type 0xdd (WM_PROTOCOLS), format 32, message 0xdb (WM_DELETE_WINDOW)
This looks strange. Pressing the (left) Alt key sould give
something like this:
KeyPress event, serial 24, synthetic NO, window 0x1200001,
root 0x73, subw 0x0, time 3045197954, (505,110), root:(1018,180),
state 0x10, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyRelease event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x1200001,
root 0x73, subw 0x0, time 3045198051, (505,110), root:(1018,180),
state 0x18, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False
The xev output you presented doesn't indicate that an Alt key has
been pressed.
It indicates that when pressing the Alt key issues a command to
the window manager (or from it?) - WM_PROTOCOLS - to close the
window focussed at the moment - WM_DELETE_WINDOW. This isn't an
action the Alt key should be mapped to.
> (4) http://www.nabble.com/file/p22238102/xorg.conf xorg.conf
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Didn't you define a keyboard layout in xorg.conf? I'm not sure
about how this is to be done after the massive X update (I read
somethink like DBUS is needed now to select keyboard layout).
Maybe you can try something like this:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
Option "AutoRepeat" "250 30"
EndSection
Insert the layout you need (e. g. US).
--
Polytropon
>From Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
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