From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help,gmane.emacs.windows Subject: RE: Emacs not receiving C-M-right from keyboard Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:39:58 -0700 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1188024094 6457 80.91.229.12 (25 Aug 2007 06:41:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:41:34 +0000 (UTC) To: "Help-Gnu-Emacs" , "Help-Emacs-Windows" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 25 08:41:29 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IOpKq-0004GN-Uh for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:41:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IOpKq-0006dT-C1 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:41:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IOpKb-0006cN-CI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:41:13 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IOpKZ-0006ao-Sr for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:41:13 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IOpKZ-0006ae-PW; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:41:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IOpKZ-0000jk-AJ; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:41:11 -0400 Original-Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IOpKP-0007XU-F9; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:41:01 -0400 Original-Received: from agmgw1.us.oracle.com (agmgw1.us.oracle.com [152.68.180.212]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id l7P6ep64007146; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:40:51 -0600 Original-Received: from acsmt351.oracle.com (acsmt351.oracle.com [141.146.40.151]) by agmgw1.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.0/Switch-3.2.0) with ESMTP id l7P68UCn001758; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:40:51 -0600 Original-Received: from dhcp-amer-csvpn-gw1-141-144-65-187.vpn.oracle.com by acsmt351.oracle.com with ESMTP id 3158556321188023999; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:39:59 -0700 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:46826 gmane.emacs.windows:3738 Archived-At: > I have a new Dell Latitude D620 laptop. I have everything, > including Emacs, installed identically to the way I had it on > my old machine. However, the key sequences `C-M-right', > `C-M-left', `C-M-up', and `C-M-down' are > apparently not being sent to Emacs from the keyboard of the > new machine. > > In emacs -Q (it doesn't matter which Emacs version), `C-h k' > followed by using `C-M-right' still waits for me to hit a > key - the `C-M-right' is not seen by Emacs at all. Opening a > dribble file shows the same thing: > `C-M-right' key sequences are not recorded. > > I've looked through the Emacs doc. I've tried to google for > something about this, but I haven't found anything. Anyone > know what's going on and how to fix it? Thanks. My thanks to Peter Povinec for the solution, which he found here: http://www.edugeek.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=68720. These are hotkeys that come from a recent Intel graphic chip. The C-M- keys actually rotate the display! Here's how to turn off all such graphic hot keys, for others who might be interested: Right-click the desktop > Settings tab > Advanced > Click the bar across the top, behind the tabs (the bar is labeled "Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Mobile") > Graphics Properties... > Hot Keys > uncheck Enable Hot Keys > OK > OK > OK. Whew! Thanks, Peter. Crazy, huh? - Drew