-----Original Message----- From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 7:26 PM To: scott Langford Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com; cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com 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, 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 Igor, I am using the -Y option so I do not think it is a limitation of untrusted forwarding. The problem does not occur in xterm or konsole applications. It only seems to occur in two design applications I have tried: Cadence IC works and Slam edit. You are correct there is no startx.sh. I am using startxwin.sh here. I am using the following command lines: XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error -multimonitors -emulate3buttons 100 & xterm -sl 1000 -sb -rightbar -ms red -fg yellow -bg black -e /usr/bin/bash -l & In this case, I am using the integrated windows based windows manager. I do not have a ~/.Xserverrc. I have considered trying the twm option. I will try to rule out ssh. Thanks for your help. Scott Langford -- 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/