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



Known problem. You have to use '-kb' parameter, keyboard extension doesn't
work with AIX. The keyboard is not "out of order" completely, but the
system behaves like AltGr key is permanently pressed. By the way this is
the reason I have to change my keyboard layout manually after every logon
to the system, what's really silly.

To Harold: I think this should be included in FAQ (and fixed, if you have
an AIX machine to test it :-)))

Pavel



                                                                                                                                           
                    "Harold Hunt"                                                                                                          
                    <huntharo@msu.edu>         To:     "Moore, Billiam" <bmoore@a4healthsystems.com>, <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>            
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                    cygwin-xfree-owner@        Subject:     RE: Unable to type letters in login to AIX box using XFree86 4.2.0 on W2K      
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                    06.02.2002 22:51                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                           




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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