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cogline · 06-28-2009, 09:46 AM

I started GIMP the other day to find that the keyboard map (only while using GIMP) was messed up. (Q=-, W='=', E=delete) None of the keys display the character or function they usually do. This isn't a caps lock or num lock thing.. all keys are messed up, some don't do anything. I eventually realized this was an X11 problem, as the keys have the same problem in xterm. I have been using GIMP for over a year on this same machine (MacBook, 10.5). There was a possible recent update to X11 (I now have 2.1.6), so I'm not sure if that's the problem. There are no obvious preference adjustments in the menus of X11 and I'm unable to type any commands in xterm (y'know, cuz my keyboard is messed up) even if I did know what to type.. which I don't.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

p.s. - kind of odd that anything non-ms is still considered to be 'alternative'? :)

Thanks, all.

06-28-2009, 09:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
cogline Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3 OS: OS X 10.5	X11 keyboard map is messed up I started GIMP the other day to find that the keyboard map (only while using GIMP) was messed up. (Q=-, W='=', E=delete) None of the keys display the character or function they usually do. This isn't a caps lock or num lock thing.. all keys are messed up, some don't do anything. I eventually realized this was an X11 problem, as the keys have the same problem in xterm. I have been using GIMP for over a year on this same machine (MacBook, 10.5). There was a possible recent update to X11 (I now have 2.1.6), so I'm not sure if that's the problem. There are no obvious preference adjustments in the menus of X11 and I'm unable to type any commands in xterm (y'know, cuz my keyboard is messed up) even if I did know what to type.. which I don't. Any suggestions would be appreciated. p.s. - kind of odd that anything non-ms is still considered to be 'alternative'? :) Thanks, all.