On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:34:48 -0400, I wrote: > I am repeatedly losing modifier-key function. > > I run an up-to-date Lenny system and use the window manager fvwm (2.5.26-1) > so that I can mostly work from the command line. I also have a virtual XP > machine (VM, VMware 1.06). > > If I use the VM for a few minutes (usually Photoshop, sometimes Acrobat), I > find that SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT no longer modify what I enter in the Linux > window. For example, CTRL-c, ALT-c, and SHIFT-c all just send `c'.
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:06:30 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West <and...@farwestbilliards.com> replied: > look into xmodmap. get the output of xmodmap both before and after the > problem. set up an .xmodmaprc file and then run it whenever you have a > problem with the VM borking them. I tried this without success. First I ran xmodmap in sane mode and then in sick mode. As expected, all the modifier key entries had become blank, e.g. shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e) was now shift Next I made a shell file with lines of this sort (all from xmodmap -pke): xmodmap -e "keycode 50 = Shift_L" I ran this after re-entering sick mode. Some lines (e.g. the one above) ran without error, but others generated errors such as: xmodmap: unable to open file 'keycode 109 = Control_R' for reading In either case, the modifier keys still did nothing. I guess I will just have to get used to running startx again. I vaguely recall that in my Win4Lin days the VM screwed up some of the shortcuts I defined for fvwm. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
