On 12/27/2024 04:51:11 PM, Chris Spackman wrote:

On 2024-12-27 08:16, Helmut Jarausch wrote:

Hi,
recently (currently xorg-server-21.1.15) the <ALT> key seems to be
ignored.
Entering some key combination like <ALT> M enters an M in my editor.

Thanks Jack, thanks Chris for your help.
It turned out my keyboard is broken.

Regards,
Helmut

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Hi,
recently (currently xorg-server-21.1.15) the <ALT> key seems to be
ignored.
Entering some key combination like <ALT> M enters an M in my editor.

Does anybody know how to fix this?
Many thanks,
Helmut

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On 12/27/24 8:16 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote:

Hi,
recently (currently xorg-server-21.1.15) the <ALT> key seems to be
ignored.
Entering some key combination like <ALT> M enters an M in my editor.

Does anybody know how to fix this?
Many thanks,
Helmut

Is it that the <ALT> is being ignored, or that <ALT>-M used to be a
global shortcut for something and it no longer is?  For me, some recent updates seem to have removed <ALT>-TAB as the shortcut to select the
next window.  Just a thought - I know I may well be completely wrong in
my conclusion.

Jack

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On 2024-12-27 08:16, Helmut Jarausch wrote:

Hi,
recently (currently xorg-server-21.1.15) the <ALT> key seems to be
ignored.
Entering some key combination like <ALT> M enters an M in my editor.

Have you tried xev in a terminal to see if the key is recognized, and
if it is, what code is received. On my keyboard, left alt is keycode
64, "Alt_L" and right is keycode 108, "Alt_R".

xev is in the x11-apps/xev package.

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