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#1 2020-03-13 14:46:02
- Andrew52
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Right arrow key not working [SOLVED]
Im running i3, on the latest version of arch.
The key works fine, physically, as best i can tell its a problem with xorg not resolving it to a keysim correctly.
rather that returning the keysim and keycode, xev gives this output when the key is pressed:
KeymapNotify event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
keys: 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
the output of showkey for the key in question is:
keycode 106 press
keycode 106 release
I have tried using a custom keymap as outlined here https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Li … figuration
The contents of that keymap being: keycode 106 = Right
the console output after I laoded the custom map into the current configuration was:
% sudo loadkeys -v ./personal.map
Loading ./personal.map
keycode 106, table 0 = 1538
Changed 1 key
Changed 0 strings
(No change in compose definitions)
Im not exactly sure what more to try at this point, any help would be greatly apreciated.
Last edited by Andrew52 (2020-03-20 23:15:49)
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#2 2020-03-13 14:59:35
- Trilby
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Re: Right arrow key not working [SOLVED]
The output of xev suggests that the key is bound by some X11 process. Does the key work properly in the tty? (If so, this would further support this hypothesis). If this is the case, try another WM or use a default i3 config.
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#3 2020-03-13 15:21:09
- Andrew52
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Re: Right arrow key not working [SOLVED]
the key worked in tty, i tried loading a default i3 config, after which it also worked in i3, must've accidentally bound it to somthing in the old config, I thank you very much
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#4 2020-03-13 17:04:00
- Trilby
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Re: Right arrow key not working [SOLVED]
You're welcome. If you'd like help tracing this further, please post the config that results in the problem. Alternatively, if you feel you have enough info to solve the problem, please mark the thread as [SOLVED] by editting your first post to amend the title.
"UNIX is simple and coherent" - Dennis Ritchie; "GNU's Not Unix" - Richard Stallman
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