Re: My Alt keys don't work!

2009-09-25 Thread chombee
I guess there's no software way around my problem (my built-in keyboard has a stuck Alt key so I had to disable it with Xmodmap, but that also disabled the Alt key on the external keyboard because it has the same key code). I tried remapping various keys on the external keyboard to Alt: Caps Lo

Re: My Alt keys don't work!

2009-09-23 Thread chombee
Ok, sticking to fixing my Alt keys for now. First I was wrong, Alt Gr is working as it should, it allows me to type that | character that is the third character on its key, and various other characters that are not labelled on the keys. It does not function as an Alt modifier however (of the ki

Re: My Alt keys don't work!

2009-09-23 Thread Hugh Lawson
chombee writes: > Could someone help me sort out my keyboard configuration, or send me on > the right track? I've investigated a little but I really don't know what > to do. It's a somewhat tricky configuration. > > 1. I have two keyboards. The built-in one (it's a laptop), and an > external one

Re: My Alt keys don't work!

2009-09-23 Thread chombee
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My Alt keys don't work!

2009-09-23 Thread chombee
Could someone help me sort out my keyboard configuration, or send me on the right track? I've investigated a little but I really don't know what to do. It's a somewhat tricky configuration. 1. I have two keyboards. The built-in one (it's a laptop), and an external one that I use. Since the keyboar

My Alt keys don't work!

2009-09-23 Thread Sean Hammond
Could someone help me sort out my keyboard configuration, or send me on the right track? I've investigated a little but I really don't know what to do. It's a somewhat tricky configuration. 1. I have two keyboards. The built-in one (it's a laptop), and an external one that I use. Since the keyb