Problem with numerical input for certain applications in Cygwin

[Igor Pechtchanski]

Ugh, top-posting...  Reformatted.

On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, scott Langford wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:pechtcha@XX.XXX.XXX]
> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 7:26 PM
> To: scott Langford
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<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>.  Thanks.

> 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,
	Igor
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