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Alt key not working (Dosbox 0.72, Ubuntu Intrepid)

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First post, by dstar

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I'm seeing something odd, and haven't been able to find a solution. Just to make it clear, this is _not_ the problem with arrow keys not working, or if it is the same problem, usescancodes doesn't change anything.

My alt keys aren't working when I run Master of Orion under dosbox. Left alt does nothing, and right alt appears to be mimicking the enter key, afaict. Fiddling around in the keymapper doesn't seem to help. By default, it binds "key 307" and "key 308" to mod_2 in mapper.txt.

Any suggestions?

Reply 1 of 5, by wd

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right alt should be the same as the arrow key stuff, namely evdev randomizing
the scancodes for no reason.

It still should be possible to get it sort of working using the mapper, click on
the left alt key, delete the current bind, click add and then hit some key that
you'd like to behave like the left alt (use some alphanumeric key for testing),
same stuff for the right alt key.

Reply 2 of 5, by dstar

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No joy. Binding 'a' to left alt doesn't work. Ditto binding 'a' to mod_2.

I should note that alt _does_ work fine in dosbox on my wife's Vista machine, so it's not a general dosbox problem.

Reply 3 of 5, by wd

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If you click on the left alt in the mapper, what does the text display at
the EVENT: and BIND: line?

Reply 4 of 5, by dstar

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Event: key_lalt
Bind: Key left alt

Reply 5 of 5, by wd

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And after rebinding it?

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