"Richard E. Hawkins" wrote: > > kent kalled, > >Anyone know how to fix my non-functioning arrow keys, page-up/down > keys, > > etc in X? They work fine in the console mode. Not having these keys is > > pretty crippling. > > The first step is to use xev, which will tell you what events are happening. > If you post what it tells you keys are, someone (maybe me, more likely not :) > probably knows what they mean. > > Launch xev (in the xcontrib package), point to it's window with the mouse, > and hit the problematic keys. Post the output. > > rick > > --
When I press the up arrow, these two stanzas are generated: KeyPress event, serial 21, synthetic NO, window 0x1c00001, root 0x26, subw 0x0, time 9805031, (87,77), root:(253,263), state 0x0, keycode 111 (keysym 0xff61, Print), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 characters: "" KeyRelease event, serial 24, synthetic NO, window 0x1c00001, root 0x26, subw 0x0, time 9805116, (87,77), root:(253,263), state 0x0, keycode 111 (keysym 0xff61, Print), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 characters: ""