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Re: Xmodmap struggles


From: Tyler Smith
Subject: Re: Xmodmap struggles
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:49:36 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux)

rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> writes:

> Trying to change Alt key behavior
> On a friends machine
> $ xmodmap .Xmodmap
>
> works but on mine I get
>
> X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range
> for operation)
>   Major opcode of failed request:  118 (X_SetModifierMapping)
>   Value in failed request:  0x17
>   Serial number of failed request:  15
>   Current serial number in output stream:  15

Try running xev on your machine. I suspect the keycodes are different on
the two machines, and you're using the wrong ones for your keyboard.


Tyler




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