On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:14, Viktor Griph<gr...@dd.chalmers.se> wrote: > 2009/8/18 Thomas Adam <thomas.ada...@gmail.com>: >> 2009/8/18 John H. Moe <john...@optushome.com.au>: >>> The only thing I can add is that it *seems* to happen after I launch my >>> first KDE app (like KNetwalk, Kopete, K3B), but only sometimes. And if >>> the first one doesn't cause it, then it seems none do. From what I >>> understand, KDE apps have a few libs and/or programs that need to run in >>> the background to work properly, and once they're loaded they stay >> >> I suppose it's possible that some components of KDE are being loaded >> which are intercepting key events -- GNOME can do this for instance >> with its key-binding manager for multimedia keys which also let you >> bind other keys -- FVWM never gets the event for this, and so the >> effect is as you describe. Perhaps KDE do something similar? I >> wouldn't know, nor care. > > I suspect that KDE remaps the keyboard on start. > Compare the output of "xmodmap -pm" before and after you start KDE > apps. If there are any changes at all to the output then that might > explain the issue. There may also be other changes to the keyboard > mapping that's going. FVWM does not respond to changes in the keyboard > mapping after it has been launched.
I use a couple of KDE apps that have 'global key mappings'. These key mapping only work when they are not mapped by a FVWM key binding. For example. I use amarok with global bindings (Win key + C = Play/Pause). This works well. If I make a FVWM binding for Win+C for, say, a calculator. Then Win+C never reaches Amarok anymore. Hope this helps some, Hans. > > /Viktor > > -- ---- Met vriendelijke groeten / With kind regards Hans Voss --------------------------------------- * Infrastructure Architect * Open Source, Networking and Security * General Open Sourcerer -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- * google talk enabled * Fring ID: HansVoss * Skype: j.j.voss * MSN enabled * Twitter: hansvoss --- * Linked In page: http://www.linkedin.com/in/hansvoss * My blog: http://jazzterdaily.blogspot.com - Tech and other news that caught my attention. * Google Reader: My shared News feed: https://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user/02723796534474865919/state/com.google/broadcast -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
