morreale@bierstadt.ucar.edu (Peter Morreale) (06/11/89)
Hello netlanders. I recently became acquainted with X and I have a few questions about some "undocumented features" I have found. (at least they appear to be) First of all I am using a SUN 3/60m diskless workstation with a SUN 4 server. We are using twm for window management. (version 1.2) 1) After moving the pointer in/out of an open window a few times the text cursor no longer changes to the "hollow" box. This seems to occur only in the client windows (Not the "Console window") Is this normal? 2) When I start up X from the console, I get into an "infinite" loop in the *first* window I access. The loop consists of a series of "L2" keystrokes (something like ^[[193\ ) This is input into the window and I must hit either a <return> or ^D to stop the loop. Is this a local script going out of control? Anybody have any ideas? Finally (and this is the big mystery to me) 3) How in the name of *bleep* does one set the Icon Geometry using twm. I've tried setting it from xterm, but I can't seem to get it right. Note that I know how to set a default location in my .Xresources, but I have several clients that I would like to login into (and locate their icons) at start-up. All I can currently do now is pile the icons on top of each other. As I am new to X I am also interested in Any documentation I can get my hands on. We will be consulting (for our users) on X and I have been assigned to be the Xpert. (I have my work cut out for me) Any recommendations? Thanks Peter --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter W. Morreale | Internet: morreale@ncar.ucar.edu Nat'l Center for Atmos. Research | Bitnet: morreale@ncario P.O. Box 3000 | UUCP: ncar!morreale Boulder CO. 80307 | (303) 497-1293 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
earle@MAHENDO.JPL.NASA.GOV (Greg Earle) (06/11/89)
In article <3405@ncar.ucar.edu> morreale@bierstadt.UCAR.EDU wrote: >Hello netlanders. I recently became acquainted with X and I have a few >questions about some "undocumented features" I have found. (at least they >appear to be) > >First of all I am using a SUN 3/60m diskless workstation with a SUN 4 >server. We are using twm for window management. (version 1.2) (Ahem. That's `Sun-3/60M' and `Sun-4', not `SUN'. But I digress.) > 2) When I start up X from the console, I get into an "infinite" loop > in the *first* window I access. The loop consists of a series of > "L2" keystrokes (something like ^[[193\ ) This is input into the > window and I must hit either a <return> or ^D to stop the loop. > Is this a local script going out of control? Anybody have any ideas? (Time to add this to the Canonical List of Most Frequently Asked X Questions) Please do not attempt to adjust your television set. Do not adjust the vertical, or the horizontal. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200. Go directly to your telephone and call the Sun US Answer Center (the 800 number) and request the latest version of the `General TTY' serial patch tape. Or (alternatively) install SunOS 4.0.3. This problem has nothing to do with X. It is a problem with a specific version of the Sun tty driver. As far as your problem #1 goes, did you try setting `NoTitleFocus' in your ~/.twmrc file? See if that cures it ... (just a guess) - Greg Earle Sun Microsystems, Inc. JPL on-site Software Support earle@Sun.COM earle@mahendo.JPL.NASA.GOV (Guest)