[Xphoton] broken keyboard mapping

Hi All,

after playing around with XFree86 3.3.6 and
Xphoton - too much snow outsite :slight_smile: - I got a
broken keyboard mapping =8-/ … nedit and emacs
are showing at start the following complains:

(same behavior under XFree86 and Xphoton …)

nedit

Name: nedit
Class: XmDisplay
Cannot convert string "BackSpace " to
type VirtualBinding.
Name: nedit
Class: XmDisplay
Cannot convert string "Home " to
type VirtualBinding.
Name: nedit Class: XmDisplay
Cannot convert string "F1 " to
type VirtualBinding.
Name: nedit
Class: XmDisplay
Cannot convert string "Select " to
type VirtualBinding.

emacs

Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown
keysym name: Shift_L
Warning: … found while parsing
‘Shift_L: nothing()’
Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown
keysym name: Meta_L
Warning: … found while parsing
‘Meta_L: nothing()’
Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown
keysym name: Shift_L
Warning: … found while parsing
‘Shift_L: nothing()’
Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown
keysym name: Meta_L
Warning: … found while parsing
‘Meta_L: nothing()’

I have fiddled around w/o succes … how can it be
fixed ?

Greetings

Armin

In article <3A52542A.A9EEC904@web_.de>,
Armin Steinhoff <A-Steinhoff@web_.de> wrote:

Hi All,

after playing around with XFree86 3.3.6 and
Xphoton - too much snow outsite > :slight_smile: > - I got a
broken keyboard mapping =8-/ … nedit and emacs
are showing at start the following complains:

(same behavior under XFree86 and Xphoton …)

nedit

Name: nedit
Class: XmDisplay
Cannot convert string "BackSpace " to
type VirtualBinding.

I can only reproduce it if I remove my XKeysymDB file.
Try,
export XKEYSYMDB=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB

BTW you really should be playing with 4.0.2 :slight_smile:


Garry Turcotte (R&D)
QNX Software Systems, Ltd.

Garry Turcotte wrote:

In article <3A52542A.A9EEC904@web_.de>,
Armin Steinhoff <A-Steinhoff@web_.de> wrote:

Hi All,

after playing around with XFree86 3.3.6 and
Xphoton - too much snow outsite > :slight_smile: > - I got a
broken keyboard mapping =8-/ … nedit and emacs
are showing at start the following complains:

(same behavior under XFree86 and Xphoton …)

nedit

Name: nedit
Class: XmDisplay
Cannot convert string "BackSpace " to
type VirtualBinding.

I can only reproduce it if I remove my XKeysymDB file.
Try, export XKEYSYMDB=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB

I did it … the result was that all gtk+ apps are
now working w/o complains.
I have re-installed in the meantime 3.3.5 and the
keyboard problems are solved … so the backspace
key works now correct with my ‘beloved NEdit’ :slight_smile:
(no visible … )

BTW you really should be playing with 4.0.2 > :slight_smile:

If there are no changes neccessary in the
‘XFree86/os-support’ section … I will give it a
try. ( already downloaded … )

Many thanks so far,

Armin