Re: [iPAQ] Control got stuck

> This morning I was sitting on the metro playing GFingerPoken[1] on the
> metro when suddenly Control seems to have gotten stuck. That is, in
> most ways, it seems as if the Control modifier is "stuck on". Here's a
> summary of what I see:
>
> 1) twm responds to stylus clicks as if I were holding down
> Control, (I had been experimenting with ways to bring up
> menus even if the root screen were obscured [2].)
>
> 2) I ran xev on my desktop with display set to the iPAQ. I
> used x2x to type into xev with my keyboard. Here, all
> results from XLookupString are consistent with Control
> being stuck, (pressing 'G' causes a beep, 'J' emits a
> newline, 'M' emits a carriage-return, etc.).
>
> 3) I can't get xscribble to send anything to other programs. I
> thought I might be able to clear my rxvt by using the 'L'
> stroke but nothing happened. This seems a little strange
> since it is not consistent with #1 and #2. For example,
> under normal circumstances I _can_ hold down the Control
> button on the iPAQ and use an 'L' stroke to clear my rxvt.
>
> When the stuck Control behavior started I had not hit any physical
> buttons on the iPAQ. (If I remember correctly the last thing I had
> done was click a gtk-button in gfpoken). I had also not been using
> xscribble.
>
> Anyone have any ideas what might have caused this behavior? I still
> have my iPAQ in this strange state so I can perform any tests you
> might recommend. (I can still use things just fine with rsh from my
> desktop).
>
> -Carl

Just wondering if anyone had a solution to this problem (don't remember
seeing one during this discussion). I just installed v0.17 and now it
behaves as if the Control modifier is stuck on. Anyone know why this
might be happening? A minor snag to get wireless up and running only to
find out I can't change directories in a terminal window without entering
a Control-D (thus closing the terminal window).

Derek Gottlieb, dgottlie@crhc.uiuc.edu
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Received on Mon Oct 23 15:04:46 2000