no function on [Alt] [F2] ... [F6]

houghi houghi at houghi.org
Wed Jan 9 22:00:54 CET 2019


On 2019-01-09 20:54, Ulli Horlacher wrote:
> Meanwhile I have found the cause of the problem:
> 
> xbindkeys also stopped working. When I start it in debugging mode, I 
> see:
> 
> framstag at diaspora:~: xbindkeys -k
> Press combination of keys or/and click under the window.
> You can use one of the two lines after "NoCommand"
> in $HOME/.xbindkeysrc to bind a key.
> "(Scheme function)"
>     m:0x10 + c:67
>     Mod2 + F1
> 
> But what I have really typed in was [F1] and NO additional modifier 
> key!
> This means: xbindkeys sees a [Mod2] key, which I have not pressed!
> 
> I suppose the Xfce window manager sees [Mod2] [Ctrl] [F1] instead of a
> simple [Ctrl] [F1] - but why?

To be sure what is sees, try `xev|grep key`.

You could try some other keyboard layout in Setting, Keyboard and they 
the Layout tab.

houghi



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