Discussion:
FVWM: Recent problem with control and shift modification characters
don fisher
2015-02-24 02:11:23 UTC
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I have been using FVWM since it was introduced, with great pleasure. My
last system was Fedora 18 running fvwm2 2.6.5. I recently moved to
openSuse 3.2 running fvwm2 2.6.6. I have encountered a problem that I
cannot resolve. All of the modifier keys, esc, ctrl and shift do not
appear to provide the control options they used to. I ran xev and the
keys appear to be present, at least in the root window where xev runs.

Can you suggest where these keys are being trapped? I assume it is in
openSuse, but am not aware of a way to diagnose the problem. Is there
any thing that I can enable to show if these keystrokes are being
delivered to fvwm? Since Suse is KDE based, I need to have a strong
argument before posting to their list, it indeed it is something they
have done.

I did move the 2.6.5 version to openSuse and still experience the same
problem. It may be me being stupid, but I would appreciate any help.

Thanks,
Don
Dan Espen
2015-02-24 03:53:25 UTC
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Post by don fisher
I have been using FVWM since it was introduced, with great
pleasure. My last system was Fedora 18 running fvwm2 2.6.5. I recently
moved to openSuse 3.2 running fvwm2 2.6.6. I have encountered a
problem that I cannot resolve. All of the modifier keys, esc, ctrl and
shift do not appear to provide the control options they used to. I ran
xev and the keys appear to be present, at least in the root window
where xev runs.
Can you suggest where these keys are being trapped? I assume it is in
openSuse, but am not aware of a way to diagnose the problem. Is there
any thing that I can enable to show if these keystrokes are being
delivered to fvwm? Since Suse is KDE based, I need to have a strong
argument before posting to their list, it indeed it is something they
have done.
I did move the 2.6.5 version to openSuse and still experience the same
problem. It may be me being stupid, but I would appreciate any help.
FAQ question 0.1?

http://www.fvwm.org/documentation/faq/#0.1

(Check your numlock key.)
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Dan Espen
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