[xmonad] Re: shiftmask stopped working

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"Jim Burton" <jim at sdf-eu.org> writes:
> Thanks guys. xev has this to say:
>
> Left:
>
> KeyPress event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x1c00001,
>     root 0x93, subw 0x1c00002, time 4449250, (29,43), root:(670,61),
>     state 0x10, keycode 50 (keysym 0xffe1, Shift_L), same_screen YES,
>     XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
>     XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
>     XFilterEvent returns: False
>
> Right:
>
> KeyPress event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x1c00001,
>     root 0x93, subw 0x1c00002, time 4385976, (46,42), root:(687,60),
>     state 0x10, keycode 62 (keysym 0xffe2, Shift_R), same_screen YES,
>     XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
>     XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
>     XFilterEvent returns: False
>
> Any idea why xmonad isn't reacting to bindings which include shiftMask?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>

Could we also see the output of xmodmap? It looks like the Shift_L and
Shift_R events are happening, but perhaps they aren't mapped to shift,
somehow?