On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 10:44:42AM +1000, Naaman Campbell wrote: > Hello, > > After following the SunRay Debian guide, particularly the xkbinstall > section, I have two problems with the keyboard mapping. > > 1. Left ALT key doesn't work - the Left and Right META keys (diamonds) > have the ALT key functionality > 2. Right Shift doesn't work > > Please be verbose with any suggested solutions as the world of X & > keyboards is somewhat complex.
First thing to check for; do you have a ~/.Xmodmap file? If you have, then bad mappings in that file may well ruin an otherwise perfectly functioning keyboard setup :) I have a .Xmodmap file for my setup, because I want to use the Meta keys as "Alt", I want to use the power/"moon"/"whateverthenameis" button on the keyboard for my screensaver, and I want quick access to the three danish characters (æøå) that aren't on the UNIX layout Type 6 I use. First, make sure you don't have an .Xmodmap, then find out what you don't like with your setup. Using 'xev' to display keycodes and using xmodmap to assign new meanings to keycodes, you should be able to customize your setup. Here's my .Xmodmap as an example (it doesn't do what you asked, but if you haven't toyed with .Xmodmap before it can at least serve as an example) --------------------- ! SunRay1 keycode 51 = bracketleft braceleft aring Aring keycode 55 = semicolon colon ae AE keycode 56 = quoteright quotedbl Ooblique keycode 61 = Mode_switch keycode 106 = F13 keycode 230 = Alt_L keycode 231 = Meta_L keycode 235 = Meta_R add Mod1 = Alt_L Meta_L Meta_R --------------------- I'm not a guru on X keyboard stuff - I don't know if there are easier ways to accomplish what you want. -- / jakob _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
