[SOLVED] Keyboard-shortcuts "alt+." and "alt+d" don't work under X11

Hi,
I switched from gentoo to archlinux and everything is running fine except my following really annoying problem:
The keycombinations "alt+." (insert the last parameter from the line before) and "alt+d" (delete the word under the cursor) don't work under X11 (in my xterm).
They work before I start X with bash and zsh btw...
My "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-keyboard.conf" looks like
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "keyboard"
        MatchIsKeyboard "yes"
        Option "XkbLayout" "de"
        Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
        Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
        Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
EndSection
It is really annoying without these keys working and I have no clue where to look. Can anyone give me a hint?
Thanks
Last edited by eistaucher (2015-06-03 06:39:22)

flipflop wrote:
Did you set "XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true" [0]?
[0] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xt … l_Variable
Thank you @flipflop. This solved my problem!

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