Pavel, One quick check: you are running Cygwin/XFree86 4.2.0, right? Or at least the Test53 server? (Test53 and 4.2.0 are almost, if not entirely, identical).
I'll add a note to the FAQ sometime soon. Thanks, Harold > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 10:52 AM > To: Harold Hunt > Subject: RE: Unable to type letters in login to AIX box using XFree86 > 4.2.0 on W2K > > > > Hi Harold > I sent this problem to the mailing list two or three times, see below: > http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2001-11/msg00051.html > http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2001-q2/msg02577.html > http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2001-q2/msg02575.html > It's not all abaou that in the mailing list. > > You don't need any arguments to -kb params, it DISABLES keyboard > extension. > I had problems with AIX 4.2 and 4.3 (I had no possibility to test > any other > version with xfree). > > I want use Czech keyboard layout - it uses AltGr key for characters like > \|@{}[]#<> etc. > As far as I remember (but I may be wrong) - the problem appeared with both > cs_CZ and en_US > keyboard layout on AIX and both CS and EN keyboard on Windows > machine. If I > remember, I tried > Win98, WinNT workstation and W2K server. > > I have found no info about this anywhere - I think it's problem of AIX and > CygWin/XFree. > > example of my start command: > start XWin -screen 0 1280 1024 -depth 32 -engine 4 -kb -query myAIXmachine > -fp tcp/anotherAIXmachine:7500 -fullscreen -once -ac > > I hope it helps. > > Pavel > > > > > > > "Harold Hunt" > > > <huntharo@msu To: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > .edu> cc: "cygx" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: Unable > to type letters in login to AIX box using XFree86 4.2.0 on W2K > > 07.02.2002 > > > 15:40 > > > > > > > > > > > > > Pavel, > > > To Harold: I think this should be included in FAQ (and fixed, > if you have > > an AIX machine to test it :-))) > > This is the first that I have heard of the problem. I need the problem to > be described in more detail before I can add an entry to the FAQ. I need > to > know how to reproduce the problem (even though I don't have an AIX > machine), > I need to know who is affected, and I need to know the exact command-line > for the remedy (and I mean exact!). (For example, 'use the -kb parameter' > does not help me because I don't know if you need to pass options to -kb, > etc.) > > Here's a couple of questions: > > 1) What keyboard layout is AIX expecting? In other words, does > this happen > on AIX when using US-English as the default keyboard layout, or does this > only happen when AIX is using a non-US keyboard layout? > > 2) What keyboard layout is the Windows machine using? In other > words, does > this happen regardless of the keyboard layout on the Windows machine, or > does this only occur when the Windows machine is using a non-US layout? > (I'm asking this because I saw AltGr mentioned.) > > 3) Are there any links to web sites that discuss this problem in more > detail? Or, is this only a problem when using XFree86 on Windows? > > Thanks in advance, > > Harold > > P.S. I'll most likely put your name on the FAQ entry if you contribute > enough information for me to document the problem. (Otherwise, I won't be > able to make a FAQ entry at all...) > > > >
