Problems with keyboard using kde.2.1.2 (Suse 7.2)

19 Feb 2003

      Hello 

I am using a  PC 104 us keyboard, configured by XF86Setup (SuSe7.2)

Now the alt key
(the key next to the space key) is interpreted as  Meta_L.
So xkeycaps tells me:

Alt  key:     KeyCode: Alt 0x40 64 0100, KeySym: Meta_L)
Windows key: KeyCode =/+/ 0x73 115 0163 KeySym: Super_L).

KDE.2.1.2 offers my the possibility to use various non us keyboard,
like german and spanish. If I start using this option and chose us,
german and spanish   (PC 104), then suddenly the alt, meta and super
keys are changed to this:

Windows key:      KeyCode =/+/ 0x73 115 0163, KeySym: Meta_L
und die Alt key:  KeyCode ALT 0x40 64 0100, KeySym: Alt_L

Of course I could use xkeycaps change the setting with xmodmaps, but I
would like to understand what happened and how I can avoid this change
of the meta-alt-super keys.

Thanks in advance

Uwe Brauer