Annoying problems with XFree86-4

From: Johan Vromans (JVromans@squirrel.nl)
Date: Tue Dec 11 2001 - 11:33:45 CET


I recently upgraded from XFree86 3.3 on RedHat Linux 6.2 to XFree86
version 4 (I'm now running RedHat Linux 7.2).

In my setup, I have assigned the keysyms Hyper_L and Hyper_R to the
left and right Windows keys on my keyboard. This is the xmodmap input:

    ! Windows keys
    ! Left Windows key
    keycode 115 = Hyper_L
    ! Right Windows key
    keycode 116 = Hyper_R
    clear mod5
    add mod5 = Hyper_L Hyper_R

In my .ctwmrc I use this as follows:

    "Right" = m5 : all : f.warpring "next"
    "Left" = m5 : all : f.warpring "prev"
    "Up" = m5 : all : f.prevworkspace
    "Down" = m5 : all : f.nextworkspace

However, after upgrading to XFree86 version 4 this _only_ works if I
have NumLock off. With XFree86 3.3 this _always_ worked, regardless of
the state of NumLock.

Since I deparately need NumLock to have the keypad keys work in Emacs
I'm about to get stuck here.

So the question is: Why does m5 only work with NumLock off, and what
can I do about it.

-- Johan



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