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repost ctrl l stopped clearing screen

Oct 13, 2004, 12:41 AM

Post #1 of 4 (699 views)

OK I have partially installed gentoo afresh on my old machine (new HDD),
ctrl L works AOK there. I have compared /etc/rc.conf files, they are
identical.

I have swapped keypads the problem persists on the new machine.

This is a relatively minor problem but I do a lot of work in aterm
(fluxbox user) & this is pretty frustrating.

I am at a loss, This is a pretty well virgin Gentoo install.
/usr/X11R6/bin/xev gives

KeyPress event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x1400001,
root 0x90, subw 0x0, time 544338, (886,363), root:(918,414),
state 0x0, keycode 37 (keysym 0xffe3, Control_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x1400001,
root 0x90, subw 0x0, time 544613, (886,363), root:(918,414),
state 0x4, keycode 46 (keysym 0x6c, l), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (0c) "
"
XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (0c) "
"
XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x1400001,
root 0x90, subw 0x0, time 544749, (886,363), root:(918,414),
state 0x4, keycode 46 (keysym 0x6c, l), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (0c) "
"

KeyRelease event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x1400001,
root 0x90, subw 0x0, time 544931, (886,363), root:(918,414),
state 0x4, keycode 37 (keysym 0xffe3, Control_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:

I don't have X up on my old machine to compare, Is this what you guys
get for ctrl - l ?

Any help much appreciated,

Cheers
Dave

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Re: [SOLVED] ctrl l stopped clearing screen [ In reply to ]

gentoo at pusspaws

Oct 13, 2004, 2:19 AM

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:-) After much headscratching, re-emerging baselayout etc, I
re-emerged bash,

Ctrl L works :-)

Cheers
Dave

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Re: Re: [SOLVED] ctrl l stopped clearing screen [ In reply to ]

Ow.Mun.Heng at wdc

Oct 13, 2004, 2:29 AM

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On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 17:19, Dave S wrote:
> :-) After much headscratching, re-emerging baselayout etc, I
> re-emerged bash,
>
> Ctrl L works :-)
>
That's good to know

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Re: repost ctrl l stopped clearing screen [ In reply to ]

alinmd at gmail

Oct 13, 2004, 11:26 AM

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Hi,
Same problem here. I've seen that you have solved your problem
re-boostraping and, in the end re-emerging bash. Well, I have a
SELinux server; it does not have X installed (doh!) and I cannot give
you the output of the Event Tester. All I can say is that Ctrl+L does
not work, even after, seeing your post, I have re-emerged bash. In
fact, I'm beginning to believe that it does have something with the
`clear' internal function, as, if I set a key combination in $INPUTRC
(def. /etc/inputrc) to perform an action it _does_ execute the action
- all but clear. I have also tried to change the key-combination for
the clear-screen action and it still doesn't work. For example, I've
tried Ctrl-v:
"\C-v": clear-screen
Nothing happens...
I think that the problem is some resource that bash is using when
clearing screen and _that very resource_ is not working.
So, all I can say is, `Strange, indeed...'.

Alin.

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 08:41:16 +0100, Dave S <gentoo@pusspaws.net> wrote:
> OK I have partially installed gentoo afresh on my old machine (new HDD),
> ctrl L works AOK there. I have compared /etc/rc.conf files, they are
> identical.
>
> I have swapped keypads the problem persists on the new machine.
>
> This is a relatively minor problem but I do a lot of work in aterm
> (fluxbox user) & this is pretty frustrating.
>
> I am at a loss, This is a pretty well virgin Gentoo install.
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xev gives
>
> KeyPress event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x1400001,
> root 0x90, subw 0x0, time 544338, (886,363), root:(918,414),
> state 0x0, keycode 37 (keysym 0xffe3, Control_L), same_screen YES,
> XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
> XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
> XFilterEvent returns: False
>
> KeyPress event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x1400001,
> root 0x90, subw 0x0, time 544613, (886,363), root:(918,414),
> state 0x4, keycode 46 (keysym 0x6c, l), same_screen YES,
> XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (0c) "
> "
> XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (0c) "
> "
> XFilterEvent returns: False
>
> KeyRelease event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x1400001,
> root 0x90, subw 0x0, time 544749, (886,363), root:(918,414),
> state 0x4, keycode 46 (keysym 0x6c, l), same_screen YES,
> XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (0c) "
> "
>
> KeyRelease event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x1400001,
> root 0x90, subw 0x0, time 544931, (886,363), root:(918,414),
> state 0x4, keycode 37 (keysym 0xffe3, Control_L), same_screen YES,
> XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
>
> I don't have X up on my old machine to compare, Is this what you guys
> get for ctrl - l ?
>
> Any help much appreciated,
>
> Cheers
> Dave
>
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>
>

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