MIT Sparc X server and keyboard indicators

[Dominick Samperi]

The Sun Sparc X server that is included on the MIT X Windows
tape does not handle the keyboard indicator lights properly.
For example, pressing the CAPS LOCK key does not cause the
appropriate indicator light to be turned on. The program
mit/server/ddx/sun/kbd_mode can be used to enable the indicator
lights (by specifying the -a option), but this disables ALL
keys that do not have indicator lights! The -u option will
reenable these keys, but disable the indicator lights. (We
are using Sparc 1+'s and Sparc 2's.)

We have applied all 18 of the standard MIT patches, but these
do not appear to address the problem. I guess the real problem
is that the server code from Sun is not supported, in particular,
it has not been modified to deal with the newer Sparc keyboards.

Has anyone found a solution to this problem? Thanks in advance.

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Dominick Samperi -- Citicorp
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