On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:01:54 -0800 (PST), devindg <dgarcia.t...@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 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"