Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 21:20:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net> To: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> Cc: Ben Cohen <bjc23@hermes.cam.ac.uk>, Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Two questions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904132118420.551-100000@foobar.hyperhost.net> In-Reply-To: <19990412211839.D250@marder-1.localhost>
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I have the same problem, in Xterm. I switched to rxvt and the problem stopped. I have no idea why rxvt works and Xterm doesn't. ------------------------------------ _____________________________________ Patrick Seal |"Microsoft isn't evil, they just make <patseal@hyperhost.net> | really crappy operating systems." Hyperhost - http://www.hyperhost.net| -Linus Torvalds hosting and Design http://www.freebsd.org - http://www.linux.org On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Mark Ovens wrote: > On Mon, Apr 12, 1999 at 08:01:15PM +0100, Ben Cohen wrote: > > On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Doug White wrote: > > > > >> Firstly, when using some applications, particularly vi, in an xterm under > > >> X the numeric keypad produces garbage like > > >> y > > >> x > > >> w > > >> v > > >> u > > >> this when I try to use it to get numbers. > > > > > >You _do_ have NumLock on, right? > > > > Yes, I do. The arrows seem to work OK when it NumLock is off. > > > > (I'm using termcap xterm-color. I have noticed similar things happen in > > vi and vim when using them via telnet from Windows. It could be a > > termcap problem.) > > > > >I've not had this problem since the 2.1.X days. > > > > I forgot to say I'm using 3.0 Release (I think) from December 1998. > > > > >> I have > > >> > > >> # Let the server do the NumLock processing. This should only be required > > >> # when using pre-R6 clients > > >> ServerNumLock > > >> > > >> in XF86Config. (This is necessary to make other applications work > > >> properly.) > > >> > > >> Is there any way to stop this from happening? > > > > > >Take that directive out; it makes NumLock do nutty things. > > > > FWIW, ServerNumLock is commented out in my /etc/XF86Config and my > kbd behaves exactly the same as yours, i.e. the arrow keys work > with NumLock off and I get a single letter & linefeed when the > NumLock is off. I'm running 3.1 off the CDs. > > Just a thought but, we are both in the UK and so will (probably) > have our keyboards setup differently to Doug. These are my settings > for the kbd in /etc/XF86Config: > > > Protocol "Standard" > XkbRules "xfree86" > XkbModel "pc102" > XkbLayout "gb" > XkbOptions "ctrl:swapcaps" > > and in /etc/rc.conf I have: > > keymap="uk.cp850" # keymap in /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/* (or NO). > > > > If I do that then the numeric keypad doesn't work properly in other > > applications (other than xterm). How can I fix this? > > > > >> Secondly, kernel messages go to the console. Is there any way of > > >> redirecting the console to, say, /dev/ttyv2 so that when I log in on ttyv0 > > >> I don't get lots of messages appearing on the screen? > > > > > >No, since /dev/console is glued to that vty. Just use a different vty; we > > >do here. > > > > Aha. That is a pity... It's worth knowing, though. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ben. > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > -- > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov > _______________________________________________________________ > Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK > CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry > mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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