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From: David <david.a.borowski@gmail.com>
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Subject: Really annoying left meta key problem
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On my home systems, left meta works as the speakup key.
On my work system, it didn't and I was really irritated.
It turns out the package console-setup was the problem.
At work, i did:
apt-get purge console-setup-linux
apt-get install console-data
When it asks about keymaps, select keep kernel keymap.
Now, the damned thing works!