On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 10:59:48AM -0700, Francisco Castellon wrote: > 2. My keyboard is not responding. It has been working just perfect > without a problem. This is what happens, I am at the log on screen and > the keyboard works fine, I am able to type in my user name and password > and I can log into Gnome. Once there I can open up a text editor and > type without a problem. I close the text editor and then open up a > Command line window and then I cant type nothing!, I go back to the text > editor and now the keyboard doesn't work. I then select to logout with > the mouse and I am back at the log in screen where my keyboard now works > fine again, I log back in and the same thing happens again. What > happened to my keyboard and how can I fix it?
Chances are that the windows you are trying to type to simply aren't focused. In Windoze, you have to click in a window to give it focus, and then it stays there. X, or more precisely, the window manager, can be (and usually is) configured to use "sloppy focus", which means: The window your mouse cursor currently is in receives the keyboard input. HTH, Nick -- x----------------------------------------------------------------------x | Benford's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law: | | Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.| | -- Gregory Benford. Foundation's Fear. 1997 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | Nicolas Kratz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | x----------------------------------------------------------------------x
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