Ugh, top-posting... Reformatted. On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, scott Langford wrote:
> -----Original Message----- > From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 7:26 PM > To: scott Langford > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>. Thanks. > Subject: Re: Problem with numerical input for certain applications in > Cygwin > > > On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, scott Langford wrote: > > > > > I am running Cygwin to ssh onto a Linux server which handles a > > > couple of applications that I use for design work. When I run the > > > applications there are various fill forms which require numeric > > > entry. For some reason I cannot make any numeric input into these > > > forms. The same forms have character entry which works fine. I tried > > > the FAQ and users Guide but could not find any examples of this > > > exact problem. I have some Linux support but that person was > > > basically at a loss. I am not sure where to look to correct this > > > problem. When I run directly on my Linux server I do not have this > > > problem. I suspect there is some setup in my startx.sh file that may > > > help. Any suggestions? > > > > You haven't specified exactly *how* you invoke the applications on > > Linux, but I suspect they are X applications and you invoke them via > > the X forwarding feature of ssh. This makes your question off-topic > > for the main list, and on-topic for the cygwin-xfree list (which the > > Reply-To of this message points to). If you aren't using X, please > > follow-up to the main list with more details. > > > > As for your problem, in the absense of more information, it looks like > > you're seeing weird Num-Lock-related behavior, which is a known > > problem with Cygwin/X. Try using the digits above the alphabetical > > keys instead of the keypad. I also seem to recall some recipes for > > making Num-Lock work properly -- searching the cygwin-xfree archives > > may help. > > Igor > > Igor, > Thank you for your reply. Indeed I am using the X forwarding features of > ssh. I read somewhere (in my many searches) that there could be some > hardware related issues to the num-lock, so I will follow that thread. > Unfortunately, I am trying to use the digits above the alphabetical keys > instead of the keypad (but I think it was a good suggestion). Thanks for > your help and sorry for the post to the wrong mailing list. > Scott Langford Scott, Another thing to check is whether you're hitting the limitations of untrusted X forwarding (see the Cygwin/X FAQ entry on ssh). Also, does this problem occur only in those applications, or in any X application (e.g., an xterm)? If the latter, you may have keyboard mapping issues -- the output from pressing those keys in xev might help. If the former, try eliminating ssh as the culprit (e.g., temporarily opening up the local X server with "xhost +" and setting the DISPLAY on the remote machine to connect directly to the local server). It would also help to know what you use to start your local X (there is no such thing as startx.sh -- there's "startxwin.sh", "startxwin.bat", or "startx"). Do you have a ~/.Xserverrc? What window manager are you using? HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. /DA -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
