Weird X behavior (=/+ changes to <bs>!)

[ronnie gauthier]

You have a network app that perhaps does some key mapping on its own. :-(

On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 16:56:06 -0800 (PST) - Susan Macchia <susan at smacchia.net>
wrote the following
Re: Weird X behavior (=/+ changes to <bs>!)

>Hi all,
>
>I have been experiencing some weird behavior of the X display at work for over
>a year now.  I searched the web and didn't find much about this problem.  I am
>wondering if it is a configuration issue or a bug in XFree.
>
>I have a no-name PC at work, IA32, 2.2Ghz, 1/2G memory.  While the PC is a
>"no-name", I think it is manufactured by IBM.  I initially installed RedHat
>7.2, then 7.3, then 8.0 (brand new install for 8.0).  When I log into the X
>server, over the course of the day, the =/+ key turns into a backspace (VERY
>annoying for one who writes code).  Sometimes it happens right away, sometimes
>it takes several hours.  I've tried NIS login vs local, thinking it might be
>something in my environment.  I've tried gnome vs kde and it still occurs.
>
>I also have a laptop for work (ibm thinkpad t22) which had w2k installed and I
>repartitioned and installed RH 8.0 (dual boot).  Low and behold the same thing
>happens on the laptop when plugged into the network at work (I've only seen it
>with the NIS log in, though).
>
>Now at home I have a Dell and a Presario w/ Redhat 8.0 (and other distros over
>the last few years).  I leave myself logged in for days, weeks, etc and have
>*never* seen this phenomena.  I often bring the laptop home and work for
>several hours under RH and haven't noticed this problem.
>
>Another interesting observation: my co-worker runs Xfree under cygwin on the
>same PC hardware (no-name) on the network at work, and has noticed the same
>phenomona.
>
>It is really weird and very hard to trace.  I have no idea what causes it and
>have tried to pay attention to the apps I run and what I do in a day.  I also
>looked at .xsession-errors and didn't see anything that was off except the
>following lines:
>
>    Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/gqview
>
>And the "at /usr/bin/gqview" is substituted by a variety of other executables
>(pam-panel-icon:#, /usr/bin/rhn-applet-gui:#, etc.).  This is probably a
>red-herring and I noticed it because of the "=".  And I see the same errors in
>my .xsession-errors at home (which doesn't have these symptoms).
>
>Pretty weird, huh?  Anyone have any ideas?
>
>TIA
>
>=====
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