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RE: Unable to type letters in login to AIX box using XFree86 4.2.0 on W2K


I've never seen this problem.  Best of luck.

Harold

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Moore, Billiam
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 4:29 PM
> To: 'cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com'
> Subject: Unable to type letters in login to AIX box using XFree86 4.2.0
> on W2K
>
>
>   I have XFree86 installed on Windows 2000 SP 2 using all the defaults (no
> mods to any config files for X) and can run local X programs (e.g. LyX)
>
> when I run
>
>     XWin -screen 0 1024 768 -query 172.16.11.155 -from 172.16.46.120
>
> to get a CDE session on an AIX box, I get the login screen but cannot type
> in letters in the login name text box.
>
> - I can type in spaces and backspaces and the tab and enter
> buttons work so
> the keyboard is at least partially recognized.
> - The mouse is fully functional.
> - I can get to the AIX box through Hummingbirds Exceed so I am fairly sure
> that is confgured correctly
>
>   Everything I have found in the FAQs and web searches deals with
> not being
> able to connect at all or having the wrong key map. I am using no key map
> which I understand means I am using the default US one which
> should be fine.
> Has anyone run into this before or can anyone point me in a direction to
> further trouble shoot?


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