On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Andrew Sackville-West <and...@farwestbilliards.com> wrote: >> well, running showkey as root from vt1 gives me: >> 0x64 0xe4 >> >> so the kernel recognizes the key but anyway it does not work under X >> (kdm is the manager for kde 3.5) > > now try xev in an xterm and see what output you get for the alt key. >
i get the following output: KeyPress event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x4c00001, root 0x58, subw 0x0, time 167180255, (332,-16), root:(336,306), state 0x0, keycode 113 (keysym 0xfe03, ISO_Level3_Shift), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False KeyRelease event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x4c00001, root 0x58, subw 0x0, time 167180340, (332,-16), root:(336,306), state 0x80, keycode 113 (keysym 0xfe03, ISO_Level3_Shift), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False thanks -- roberto -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org