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 ^_^ ^_^
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Received on Thu Mar 18 2004 - 03:06:23 GMT