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Re: altGR key problem with windows XP
- From: Mathias Gygax <mg at trash dot net>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 18:51:16 +0100
- Subject: Re: altGR key problem with windows XP
- References: <3E4694C6.4040609@free.fr>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Son, Feb 09, 2003 at 06:49:58 +0100, alain perrier wrote:
> Hello,
hello,
> I use the latest version of cygwin and Xfree86 4.2.0-15 with a french
> xmodmap on a Windows 2000 Workstation without any problem .
> When I try to run the same version ( same xmodmap.fr) on a windows XP
> workstation, I can't get any #{[|`\^@]} symbol. I tried
> running it with XF86Config-4 unsuccessfuly and definitevely have this
> strange problem with AltGr handling... I saw in the mailling list
> archive that some people had the same problem near November 2002. Could
> anybody give me the rigth way to have AltGR key working ???
try the
Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
option in XFree86-4 config. xmodmap is obsolete as of the release of
xfree4.x
HTH
- regards, turrican