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Ageyy

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Registered: 2012-08-30

Posts: 9

i3 Alt+Shift No longer functioning

Hi Guys,

I've just completed a full system upgrade and now my keyboard shortcuts (specifically alt+shift+..) are not working. I am running i3, which is called from .xinitrc. I have bindings like mod1+shift+x which worked perfectly before the upgrade.

One binding (alt+shift+c) changes the font of to some weird language. Has anyone come across this recently? Or can anyone think of a program that captures keyboard input before the WM?

I havn't changed the config files, there is just some new program interfering with the WM.

Cheers guys.

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Ageyy

Member

Registered: 2012-08-30

Posts: 9

Re: i3 Alt+Shift No longer functioning

I found the solution.
I had upgraded Xorg, which no longer required 10-evdev.conf in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/. I had this configuration file there, which a section with keyboard layouts i.e

 
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "evdev keyboard catchall"
        MatchIsKeyboard "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "evdev"
        
        # Keyboard layouts
        Option "XkbLayout" "us, bg"
        Option "XkbVariant" ", phonetic"
        Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle, grp_led:scroll, terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
EndSection

After deleting this file, all is right with the world.

For future problems, check Xorg config files as it may be capturing key shortcut before the WM.