I'm running XFree86 4.2.1, and xterm seem to ignore the Meta
modifier. Emacs has no problem with Meta-modified key, and xev seems
to get them ok. When I type Meta-b, I get:
KeyPress event, serial 18, synthetic NO, window 0x1200001,
root 0x39, subw 0x0, time 1770620779, (22,177), root:(313,468),
state 0x0, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 characters: ""
KeyPress event, serial 18, synthetic NO, window 0x1200001,
root 0x39, subw 0x0, time 1770621076, (22,177), root:(313,468),
state 0x8, keycode 56 (keysym 0x62, b), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 characters: "b"
KeyRelease event, serial 18, synthetic NO, window 0x1200001,
root 0x39, subw 0x0, time 1770621169, (22,177), root:(313,468),
state 0x8, keycode 56 (keysym 0x62, b), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 characters: "b"
KeyRelease event, serial 18, synthetic NO, window 0x1200001,
root 0x39, subw 0x0, time 1770621559, (22,177), root:(313,468),
state 0x8, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 characters: ""
It does seem odd that XLookupString gives an unmodified b when the
state is 0x8, but I don't know if that's a problem. When I type a
Control-modified character, xev outputs the control character itself
for XLookupString. But when I run anything in an xterm (cat, bash,
emacs), Meta-modified keys are treated just like unmodified keys.
I've tried all four combinations of eightBitInput and metaSendsEscape
with no luck.
I built X (and the rest of the system) from source myself. The first
few times I ran it, I didn't have this problem. But after I finished
setting up my xdm/server configuration, this started happening. (And
somehow I reproduced the problem on another machine with different
hardware when I finished setting up a similar configuration there.) I
don't know which configuration change triggered it. At the same time,
I started getting a problem where "xset r rate ..." would segfault and
the server would output an error message from xkbcomp. Sorry, I don't
have the message anymore; I think it was something about a "(null)"
filename. Since this error involved xkbcomp, I tried rebuilding X
with BuildXKB as NO. After that, xset worked, but xterm still doesn't
see Meta. xf86config attached. Any ideas?
paul
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/package/host/localhost/xfree86/lib/modules"
FontPath "/package/host/localhost/jmk-x11-fonts"
FontPath "/package/host/localhost/intlfonts/share/emacs/fonts"
FontPath "/package/host/localhost/ghostscript-fonts/fonts"
FontPath "/package/host/localhost/xfree86/lib/X11/fonts/local"
FontPath "/package/host/localhost/xfree86/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/package/host/localhost/xfree86/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/package/host/localhost/xfree86/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/package/host/localhost/xfree86/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/package/host/localhost/xfree86/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/package/host/localhost/xfree86/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/package/host/localhost/xfree86/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/package/host/localhost/xfree86/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "record"
Load "extmod"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "glx"
Load "xtrap"
Load "type1"
Load "speedo"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nv"
VendorName "NVidia"
BoardName "RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "DEL"
ModelName "ULTRASCANP990"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 31.5-96
VertRefresh 60-85
DisplaySize 365 274
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
