Olwm woes using Roell's X386

[Thomas Hoberg]

In article <1991Mar30.210251.18089 at metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU>, glenn at suphys.physics.su.OZ.AU (Glenn Geers) writes:
|> I've just installed X386 on my ESIX box (8 Mb, Tseng Labs SVGA, NEC 3D,
|> 125 MB RLL, 209 MB SCSI) and I'm having a problem with programs that are
|> associated with olwm (which I prefer because I use it on SUN's as well).
|> Whenever I attempt to start a cmdtool, shelltool or spider (there may be 
|> others) from the command line I receive the following error message:
|> 
|> X error of failed request: Bad Value (integer parameter out of range for
|> operation)
|> Major opcode of failed request: 118 (X_SetModifierMapping)
|> Minor opcode of failed request: 0
|> Resource id in failed request: 0x70
|> Serial number of failed request: 15
|> Current serial number in output stream: 15
|> 
|> If I try to start these apps from a menu I get no messages but they still won't
|> start. What gives? Any help would be much appreciated.
|>
I have had the same problem with a X386.1.1a that I compiled from the sources.
The X386.1.1 server that came in that binary distribution worked just fine.
I don't like the keyboard mapping X386 does very much anyway. On my 84-key
keyboard (I really *hate* those 101/102 things and hope mine never breaks) at
least the HOME end END keys produce the same code (ESC-O). The "main" keys are
taken from the current keyboard map, so I can put umlauts etc. there, but 
function keys and the keypad are overridden somewhere. Haven't looked at it
closely yet. 
|> BTW All other apps work ok. X386 is very fast. Great work.
|> 
It's a *lot* better than those so called 'commercial' releases.
|> Thanks in advance,
|> 	Glenn
|> 
|> 
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