[4514] in testers
Re: zwgc, backspace, etc.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher D. Beland)
Thu Jun 29 12:56:00 2000
Message-Id: <200006291655.MAA02282@No-Whammies.mit.edu>
To: testers@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 12:55:53 -0400
From: "Christopher D. Beland" <beland@MIT.EDU>
>> = beland
> = ghudson
>> zwgc: usage: zwgc [-f <filename>] [-subfile <filename>]
> I don't get this when I log in as systest on a test machine. It's
> rather unexpected, since /usr/athena/lib/init/login just runs
> $ZEPHYR_CLIENT with no args, and the default value of ZEPHYR_CLIENT
> is just "zwgc". I don't suppose this account sets ZEPHYR_CLIENT or
> anything?
Bing. The problem was that the account conditionally (based on IP) did:
setenv ZEPHYR_CLIENT "zwgc -loc Epsilon Theta"
when it should have done:
setenv ZEPHYR_CLIENT "zwgc -loc Epsilon_Theta"
>> On non-layered linux, it looks like VC logins aren't supported...
>> They are supported via Ctrl-P at the xlogin window.
Ooo, splufty. 8)
>> One other behavior that I know doesn't happen on non-layered linux:
>> My X logins don't appear in /var/log/wtmp.
> I have no idea why that might happen.
Oh well, it went away after I reinstalled.
Regarding backspace problems, they've gotten a little better, but
xmodmap -pk reports:
22 0xffff (Delete)
107 0xffff (Delete)
...from a test account (gu) logged in with "Ignore my customizations"
selected. It looks like keycode 22 really wants to be "Backspace"
instead. Also, when I ssh in to whack-a-mole (IRIX 8.4.5), stty
reports the erase character as ^H, when it should be ^?. (It works ok
on hikari-no-ken (Sun 8.4.5) and the dialups.)
I think I'm going to just fix this on my personal account using
xmodmap and stty...though if anyone wants me to grovel for any more
information, I'd be glad to.
-B.
