xkb keymap & xfwm4 problem

Olivier Fourdan fourdan at xfce.org
Thu Aug 4 07:56:11 CEST 2005


Hi

Did you load the keymap after running xfwm4? Did you try loading the
keymap prior to run xfwm4?

Cheers,
Olivier.

On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 03:11 +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> Hi people,
> 
> i'm writing to this list (and to Jochen Voss) because I've got some 
> weird problems with my keymap and xfwm4.
> 
> Well, starting from the beginning:
> 
> i have a powerbook g4 15" running debian. I had to edit the keymap to 
> get the corrects key, and I started with Jochen's work (gb and de 
> keymaps). I edited the gb keymap to match the french keyboard.
> 
> Under metacity, everything runs fine, but xfwm4 behaves like if Alt 
> (mapped on Mode_Switch) was always pressed. For example I can't click 
> because the event generated is Alt+Click. Alt+A is mapped to "open 
> terminal", so if I press A i can't get a "a" but it opens a terminal.
> 
> Xev doesnt show anything when I press 'a', as if xfwm4 was hiding it. I 
> dont know what is the problem and how to solve it.
> 
> Does someone has a clue about it ?





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