On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 11:25:31PM +0000, Tiarnan O Corrain wrote: > Hey, > > I've a problem running emacs on my Compaq Armada 7770DMT laptop. The > Alt key isn't working, so I can't get any M-x type commands. Does > anyone know why? Debian is the only dist I've run on this laptop, so I > don't know whether it's a specifically Debian problem.
If you have the "windows" keys, try using them instead of Alt. Otherwise here's the keyboard section from my XF86Config on a system with an old keyboard: Section "Keyboard" Protocol "Standard" AutoRepeat 500 5 LeftAlt Meta RightAlt Meta ScrollLock Compose RightCtl Control XkbKeycodes "xfree86" XkbTypes "default" XkbCompat "default" XkbSymbols "us(pc101)" XkbGeometry "pc" XkbKeymap "xfree86(us)" XkbRules "xfree86" XkbModel "pc101" XkbLayout "us" EndSection -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas Instruments [EMAIL PROTECTED]
