On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:34:48 -0400, I wrote: > I am repeatedly losing modifier-key function. > > I run an up-to-date Lenny system and use the window manager fvwm (2.5.26-1) > so that I can mostly work from the command line. I also have a virtual XP > machine (VM, VMware 1.06). > > If I use the VM for a few minutes (usually Photoshop, sometimes Acrobat), I > find that SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT no longer modify what I enter in the Linux > window. For example, CTRL-c, ALT-c, and SHIFT-c all just send `c'.
On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:13:17 -0400, I wrote: > ... this succeeded: > xmodmap -e "add shift = Shift_L" > > and in fact restored shift function nicely. An analogous line for the control > function works too, but this: > xmodmap -e "add alt = Alt_L Meta_L" > > failed ... On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:23:22 +0200, Florian Kulzer <[email protected]> wrote: > I would run "xmodmap -pm" before vmware screws up the modifier keys and > then write a short shell script that restores the modifier map to > exactly that state. I hadn't quite figured that out, but it makes sense now and works well. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
