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Dealing with a stuck left Alt key on the OLPC XO laptop

Two weeks after my OLPC XO laptop came, I noticed that the left Alt key was starting to stick. Rather than sending it back for analysis, I just wanted a quick fix. Here's one: make a file called ~/.xmodmaprc with the following contents.

keycode 64 =

Then make a file called ~/.xsession which applies that change:

xmodmap ~/.xmodmaprc

Now whenever the OLPC boots normally (that is, without the developer key in place to force an abnormal boot), the left Alt key will be completely ignored.

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Blog - /Tech

Mon, 07 Jan 2008