Conference noted::excursion

3226.0. "? on DXMCP login, v2.1.309 and keyboard mapping" by RULLE::BRINGH () Mon Jan 27 1997 11:19

    Hi


    Is there a solution/patch to the problem described in note 2712.4
    or can someone explain why?

    A customer here in Sweden is complaining about not getting a proper
    keyboard when logging in using DXMCP and EXCURSION v2.1.309. But,
    as in 2712.4, if they switch to secondary keyboard and back then it
    works. I am not able to quite reproduce the problem here but if I set
    a different keyboard than system default in the session manager
    (DU v3.2C, Motif) or define my keyboard with xmodmap (V4.0B and CDE),
    then nothing works. But a CTRL/Shift twice fixes the keyboard.
    The cusomer then tried to remove any keyboard settings but it doesn't
    help. If I remove my xmodmap definition, then I have most of my keys,
    except I cannot erase typing misstakes when giving username and password
    in the login window.

    I have given WX21309Q.EXE to the customer but he has not yet tested
    it. But it does not work at all on my system. The application starts
    but I don't seem to have a window manager.

    And for my self, how do I change the pointer. I get a hardly visible _
    as pointer?


    Regards,

    Mikael Bringh
    Unix-group, TSC, Sweden

As 309 is quite old now, I would suggest that if possible you try field
test EFT2B, or the ssb canditate on JAMIN::PW32:.  Please see if the problems
seem alleviated.

Thanks.

/Eric