Comment 20 for bug 6970

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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 22:57:58 -0500
From: Branden Robinson <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#254923: xserver-xfree86: [keyboard] alt key not working

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On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 02:54:35PM -0500, Pete Harlan wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 06:35:24PM -0500, I wrote:
> > The alt_tab_fix.diff did clear up the problem I was having in that
> > each initial use of a modifier key was ignored. So Windows-L, which I
> > have mapped in wmaker to open a local xterm, would be seen as an
> > ordinary L the first time I tried it. The second time an thereafter
> > it would open a new xterm as expected. The same thing for control and
> > other modifier keys. This problem went away after applying
> > alt_tab_fix.diff.
>=20
> I spoke too soon; that patch didn't make that problem go away. The
> first use of Alt, Control, etc. per xdm login session is still
> ignored.

xfree86 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 is now in unstable. Do they keys work for you now?

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