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Re: Java GUI unable to correctly detect keystrokes
- From: Alexander Gottwald <alexander dot gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:54:05 +0200 (MEST)
- Subject: Re: Java GUI unable to correctly detect keystrokes
- References: <004201c4b693$91376170$035efa0a@icl.net>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Wed, 20 Oct 2004, Neil Mc Laughlin wrote:
> Since upgrading to the latest Cygwin X-Server, Java GUIs are unable to
> correctly detect keystrokes while an Xterm appears to work correctly. In
> fact, the GUI seems to think the Alt key is being held down when the key is
> pressed. This worked fine with the previous (unknown) version of Cygwin.
switch off num lock.
>
> In addition the X connection is being tunneled via ssh, with openssh running
> on the Solaris Systems. I've tried tunneling with both Putty and Cygwin Ssh
> on the windows platform. In each case, the Java application failed to detect
> keystrokes while the Xterm worked successfully. Due to firewall restrictions
> at this site, I am unable to test a direct X connection.
do you use ssh -Y remotehost?
Check the FAQ. Both topics are described there.
bye
ago
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