Bug#257044: gnome-core: Alt keys not being treated as meta keys

[J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)]

On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 13:13:16 -0500, Brett Smith wrote:
> I realize that this may not be a problem with gnome-core specifically;
> however, I can notice it in several GNOME applications, and nowhere else.
> If this bug is somewhere else, and you can point me in the right direction,
> I'd very much appreciate it.
> 
> With a recent dist-upgrade, some GNOME applications started treating my
> Alt keys as regular keys, rather than meta keys.

There is a known issue with modifier keys with xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5.
http://bugs.debian.org/254973 has details on it, and a workaround. Please
try the workaround to see if it fixes the problems you are experiencing.

HTH,
Ray
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