Bug 10808 – RightAlt not correctly set to ModeShift (set to Meta instead)

Bug 10808 - RightAlt not correctly set to ModeShift (set to Meta instead)

Summary:	RightAlt not correctly set to ModeShift (set to Meta instead)

Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	Xconfigurator (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.2
Hardware:	All Linux

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Assigned To:	Trond Eivind Glomsrxd
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Reported:	2000-04-13 22:41 EDT by alfred hochwarder
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2000-08-08 14:44:22 EDT
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Description alfred hochwarder 2000-04-13 22:41:54 EDT

In the standard XF86Config file, the following text appears:

    #To set the LeftAlt to Meta, RightAlt key to ModeShift,
    #RightCtl key to Compose, and ScrollLock key to ModeLock:

    LeftAlt        Meta
    RightAlt       Meta
   ScrollLock      Compose
   RightCtl        Control

Instead, I believe it should have
    RightAlt       ModeShift (as in the comment)

This causes problems with my Portuguese keyboard (cannot type @#'{[]} etc.)

Comment 1 Trond Eivind Glomsrxd 2000-07-12 11:22:53 EDT

Are you sure? The above works with my Norwegian keyboard, which also uses the
right alt (altgr) to type those characters.

Comment 2 Trond Eivind Glomsrxd 2000-08-08 14:44:20 EDT

Is this still a problem? Can you try running Xconfigurator and see if this is a
problem? It works with Norwegian and German keyboards right now, which also have
AltGr keys...

Comment 3 Trond Eivind Glomsrxd 2000-08-15 16:54:41 EDT

Tested with German and Norwegian keyboard - this works for pinstripe+.

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