numlock and VNC

numlock and VNC

[Stephen Lee]

I'm running Foxpro2.6 under Dosemu 1.1.4/RH7.3/2.4.18. In an xdosemu
session displayed remotely on another linux box, the numeric keypad
works when numlock is turned on. If the xdosemu session is displayed
remotely via tightvnc to a Win2k box, numlock does not work under
dosemu. The numlock light is on but the keypad works as if numlock was
off. Numlock does work in an xterm in vnc. I did try the vncserver
switch "-compatiblekbd" but it had no effect under vnc/dosemu. Any
suggestions on what switches or code to tweak?

Thanks for your suggestions,
Stephen  

Re: numlock and VNC

[Stephen Lee]

On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 22:33, Stephen Lee wrote:
> I'm running Foxpro2.6 under Dosemu 1.1.4/RH7.3/2.4.18. In an xdosemu
> session displayed remotely on another linux box, the numeric keypad
> works when numlock is turned on. If the xdosemu session is displayed
> remotely via tightvnc to a Win2k box, numlock does not work under
> dosemu. The numlock light is on but the keypad works as if numlock was
> off. Numlock does work in an xterm in vnc. I did try the vncserver
> switch "-compatiblekbd" but it had no effect under vnc/dosemu. Any
> suggestions on what switches or code to tweak?
> 

Never mind, I forgot to run "xset fp rehash" before starting vncserver.

Stephen

Re: numlock and VNC

[Stephen Lee]

On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 09:50, Stephen Lee wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 22:33, Stephen Lee wrote:
> > I'm running Foxpro2.6 under Dosemu 1.1.4/RH7.3/2.4.18. In an xdosemu
> > session displayed remotely on another linux box, the numeric keypad
> > works when numlock is turned on. If the xdosemu session is displayed
> > remotely via tightvnc to a Win2k box, numlock does not work under
> > dosemu. The numlock light is on but the keypad works as if numlock was
> > off. Numlock does work in an xterm in vnc. I did try the vncserver
> > switch "-compatiblekbd" but it had no effect under vnc/dosemu. Any
> > suggestions on what switches or code to tweak?
> > 
> 
> Never mind, I forgot to run "xset fp rehash" before starting vncserver.
> 

Spoke too soon. I added "xset fp rehash" to my .vnc/xstartup file to
make sure it was run every time vncserver was started. The first time I
connected to the vncserver and ran xdosemu, the keypad numeric keys
worked. The next time I connected, the keypad numeric keys did not work.
The keypad was functionally stuck in the numlock off position even if
the numlock light was on. Restarting vnc did not fix the problem. 

It appears that when you exit xdosemu, something to do with keypad
settings is altered or reset. The only way I could get numlock work
reliable was to make sure numlock was off before starting xdosemu. Once
in dosemu, I could activate numlock and then the numeric keypad worked
fine. Is this a bug in xdosemu?


Thanks,
Stephen