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From: earle@MAHENDO.JPL.NASA.GOV (Greg Earle)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Using twm
Message-ID: <8906111218.AA09840@mahendo.Jpl.Nasa.Gov>
Date: 11 Jun 89 12:18:14 GMT
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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)