Window events skip past window manager?

[Takuma Murakami]

Christopher,

> Here's what xev reports when I hit "F1" in the event tester window, 
> does this shed any light?
> 
> KeyPress event, serial 22, synthetic NO, window 0x800001,
>     root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 71535359, (37,0), root:(72,469),
>     state 0x10, keycode 67 (keysym 0xffbe, F1), same_screen YES,
>     XLookupString gives 0 bytes:  ""
> 
> KeyRelease event, serial 22, synthetic NO, window 0x800001,
>     root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 71535453, (37,0), root:(72,469),
>     state 0x10, keycode 67 (keysym 0xffbe, F1), same_screen YES,
>     XLookupString gives 0 bytes:  ""

Alexander Gottwald has the light.  He tells that the state
0x10 indicates NumLock is on, which probably causes your
problem.  Try to turn off NumLock.

Takuma Murakami