From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 23 18:05:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA07399 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 23 Jan 1996 18:05:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA07391 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 1996 18:05:18 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id SAA07869; Tue, 23 Jan 1996 18:05:16 -0800 Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 18:05:15 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: sreid@edmbbs.iceonline.com cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unresponsive X programs In-Reply-To: <9601230503.D8070hN@edmbbs.iceonline.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 23 Jan 1996 sreid@edmbbs.iceonline.com wrote: > I'm having a problem with certain X programs. I run them, and they don't > respond to any input. (Yes, my mouse is in the window.) Make sure NumLock is turned off. Some X programs still think that numlock is some kind of meta-key, and won't work until it's turned off. The problem was worse with 3.1, but more recent releases work better with regards to numlock. Doug White | Student, University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Major: Computer Science http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Eugene/Spfld BBS List Publisher