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helium89

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Registered: 2009-10-08

Posts: 5

xmonad up key

I recently started using xmonad and I have an issue that I cannot manage to resolve. For some reason, when I use xmonad, my up arrow key no longer functions. It worked fine when I was originally using xmonad with KDM, but I've since started using just .xinitrc to load it. I know it isn't a keyboard problem because the key works when I'm not in X and xev recognizes the keypress when I am in X. If anyone has any suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated.

-Andrew

ZaQ

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Registered: 2009-12-12

Posts: 106

Re: xmonad up key

Once, my xmonad-file didn't work because the "keyboard language" was wrong.

Maybe, you want to try that:

Set the right layout (same as KDM used) with setxkbmap start your xmonad again (both manually inside your shell). If it works, you can put setxkbmap in .xinitrc or change rc.conf.