What is replacement for the "-kb" Xwin startup parameter

What is replacement for the "-kb" Xwin startup parameter

[Bennett, Tony]

I a using Xwin to connect to an AIX system using XDMCP.

This was working fine on an old version of Xwin, 
As long as I used the "-kb" command line argument 
(there was an old post in the FAQ, suggesting that parameter
As the workaround for AIX not handling "keyboard extensions").

I just downloaded 1.7.3.0 on another Win-XP system, and discovered
That -kb is no longer supported.  Without that argument, I am able 
To successfully connect using XDMCP, but after opening my 2nd 
Xterm, the window "freezes" up... neither mouse or keyboard 
Seems to function with it (which was the same symptom I had on 
The old version prior to adding the "-kb" startup parm.

Suggestions are welcome.

-tony

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Re: What is replacement for the "-kb" Xwin startup parameter

[Jon TURNEY]

On 07/01/2010 05:13, Bennett, Tony wrote:
> I a using Xwin to connect to an AIX system using XDMCP.
>
> This was working fine on an old version of Xwin,
> As long as I used the "-kb" command line argument
> (there was an old post in the FAQ, suggesting that parameter
> As the workaround for AIX not handling "keyboard extensions").
>
> I just downloaded 1.7.3.0 on another Win-XP system, and discovered
> That -kb is no longer supported.  Without that argument, I am able
> To successfully connect using XDMCP, but after opening my 2nd
> Xterm, the window "freezes" up... neither mouse or keyboard
> Seems to function with it (which was the same symptom I had on
> The old version prior to adding the "-kb" startup parm.

Thanks for pointing out the FAQ 5.1.5 is out of date, I'll fix that.

The Xming troubleshooting page has some more up-to-date advice [1],
but I can't personally check that.

[1] http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/trouble.php#head-142

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RE: What is replacement for the "-kb" Xwin startup parameter

[Bennett, Tony]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jon TURNEY [mailto:jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk] 
>Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 10:33 AM
>To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>Cc: Bennett, Tony
>Subject: Re: What is replacement for the "-kb" Xwin startup parameter
>
>>On 07/01/2010 05:13, Bennett, Tony wrote:
>> I a using Xwin to connect to an AIX system using XDMCP.
>>
>> This was working fine on an old version of Xwin,
>> As long as I used the "-kb" command line argument
>> (there was an old post in the FAQ, suggesting that parameter
>> As the workaround for AIX not handling "keyboard extensions").
>>
>> I just downloaded 1.7.3.0 on another Win-XP system, and discovered
>> That -kb is no longer supported.  Without that argument, I am able
>> To successfully connect using XDMCP, but after opening my 2nd
>> Xterm, the window "freezes" up... neither mouse or keyboard
>> Seems to function with it (which was the same symptom I had on
>> The old version prior to adding the "-kb" startup parm.
>>
>Thanks for pointing out the FAQ 5.1.5 is out of date, I'll fix that.
>
>The Xming troubleshooting page has some more up-to-date advice [1],
>but I can't personally check that.
>
>[1] http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/trouble.php#head-142

Jon,

Yes I saw that posting in XmingNotes.

Since the config files in question impact ALL users of the AIX host,
I can't modify them.

However, I am able to successfully use Xming without modifying them.
I do have to turn on and off my NumLock key... but I can live with that.
I do NOT have the Freeze issue with Xming, that I do with Cygwin-X...
...However, I believe Xming is based upon an "earlier" version of X-Org:
    Welcome to the Xming X Server
    Vendor: Colin Harrison
    Release: 6.9.0.31
The Xming website says this version was released:  4 May 2007

Lets hope that there's an upstream fix to the problem, so that I can 
go back to using Cygwin-X exclusively.

-tony


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