Re: Keyboard problems with Java Desktop System
From: Tristram Scott (tristram.scott_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 04/18/05
- Next message: Sun jobs: "SF15k or E10k - jobs in London"
- Previous message: Stig Bull: "Weird networking problem"
- In reply to: Alan Coopersmith: "Re: Keyboard problems with Java Desktop System"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 09:55:56 GMT
In comp.sys.sun.admin Alan Coopersmith <alanc@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
> tristram.scott@ntlworld.com (Tristram Scott) writes in comp.sys.sun.admin:
> |I have installed Solaris 10 on a SunFire V100, and also on a 280R. I am
> |attempting to open a remote X session to these from a laptop with Solaris
> |9 'x86, and from an SGI Indigo2. This seems to work okay when I choose
> |CDE, but the Java Desktop System doesn't respond to any keyboard input.
> |The mouse works fine.
> |
> |Has anyone got any ideas as to what might be the cause of this?
>
> Yes. Known GNOME bug. Patch coming soon. The Sun bug id is 6239595 -
> it's also reported to the GNOME community as
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170318
>
> The workaround from the Sun engineer working on it (updated since I
> last posted about this earlier this week in comp.unix.solaris):
> --------------
> A workaround is to log directly on the sparc machine (or remotely via a
> CDE or failsafe session).
>
> Set all the keys defined in /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/keybindings
> to an empty string.
>
> The following command will remove all the default settings :
>
> gconftool-2 -s --type=string
> /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/keybindings/volume_down "" -s --type=string
> /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/keybindings/volume_up "" -s --type=string
> /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/keybindings/volume_mute ""
>
Thanks Alan. I tried doing this as you said, and the settings appered to
have been removed, but the key grab remained. However, a bit of
perseverance has got me there. I instead used Launch, Preferences,
Desktop preferences, Keyboard, Shortcuts. The Keyboard shortcuts dialog
let me disable the three volume related bindings you mentioned above, and
that seems to have done the trick. The nice thing about doing it this way
is that I was able to implement it on the spot without having to set it up
before-hand.
I still have the problem with smc not accepting passwords. Perhaps I
should start a new thread on that topic.
I'll keep an eye out for the patch to bug 6239595. Thanks very much for
your help in this matter.
-- Dr Tristram J. Scott Energy Consultant
- Next message: Sun jobs: "SF15k or E10k - jobs in London"
- Previous message: Stig Bull: "Weird networking problem"
- In reply to: Alan Coopersmith: "Re: Keyboard problems with Java Desktop System"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]
Relevant Pages
|
|
