Package: xfree86 Version: unavailable; reported 2002-10-18 Severity: normal
Using a standard 104-key keyboard with the windows key, I have many keymappings using alt and windows combinations. Upon upgrading, my alt key turned into meta and the windows key no longer worked properly. After reading the changelogs I figured out that I had to add the following to my XF86Config-4 file: Option "XkbOptions" "altwin:meta_win" There was no warning of this change, and for a long time I was unable to fix the problem. I didn't even know where to look, and for a while I thought it was a kernel keymap issue. To save others the frustration and wasted time I went though, I think that if this setting isn't added automatically to the user's config file, it should at least be documented in README.Debian and displayed in a dialog before the package is installed. Thanks, David -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux hypnotic 2.4.19 #1 SMP Mon Aug 5 21:44:39 PDT 2002 i686 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US
