On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 01:17:38PM -0500, Chris wrote: > I'm trying to set up Alt-F1 .. F6 hotkeys to switch to the different > Pages I have set upon my desk. I'm having difficulty getting FVWM (or > maybe X?) to recognize Alt as a modifier. If I set things up for Shift > or Control it usually works fine. > > Here's the output from xmodmap in regards to the Alt keys: > > ragabash 11:10 [~/.fvwm] xmodmap -pm > xmodmap: up to 2 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses): > > shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e) > lock Control_L (0x25) > control Caps_Lock (0x42), Control_R (0x6d) > mod1 Meta_L (0x40), Meta_R (0x71) > mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d) > mod3 > mod4 Super_L (0x73), Super_R (0x74) > mod5 Scroll_Lock (0x4e) > > ragabash 11:10 [~/.fvwm] xmodmap -pke | egrep "(Alt)|(Meta)|(Shift)|(Control)" > keycode 37 = Control_L > keycode 50 = Shift_L > keycode 62 = Shift_R
> keycode 64 = Meta_L Alt_L > keycode 109 = Control_R > keycode 113 = Meta_R Alt_R This does not look right and causes trouble because pressing shift and meta simultaneously yields an Alt_* symbol. Try removing the Alt_* bindings from keycodes 64 and 113. > ragabash 11:11 [~/.fvwm] > > > The really strange thing is that last night, for a time Alt-F1 was > working as desired, then it stopped. Control or Shift combinations were > fine. Now I can't get any of them to work, even without a modifier. Make sure your NumLock, ScrollLock or CapsLock key isn't pressed. > This is what I've been typing into FvwmConsole: > > Key F1 A M GotoPage 0 0 > Key F1 A 1 GotoPage 0 0 > Key F1 A S GotoPage 0 0 > Key F1 A C GotoPage 0 0 > Key F1 A N GotoPage 0 0 > > > I'm not sure if this is an X problem, or a FVWM problem. I suspect > it's FVWM because Alt and Ctrl hotkeys work in other applications, but > maybe I've misconfigured something. If I run xev and tap the keys then > they all correspond to the keycodes I see above -- it all looks > perfectly fine. > > Any suggestions on how to track down the problem are appreciated. (Oh, > I'm using fvwm 2.4.16, but that'll get upgraded as soon as Debian gets > new fvwm packages -- which, going by a recent post, sounds like it'll be > soon.) Ciao Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
