keyboard error (the strangest thing...)

[Brett Jones]

I have VNC running on several machines, but usually use it to view a
linux server on an NT client.  I've been using it this way for quite
some time, but just recently upgraded to RedHat 6.0.  At some point near
or shortly after the upgrade, I started getting the strangest error.

Any time I hit the '5' key (on the NT keyboard), I get a backspace
inside VNC.  The 5 key is the only key this happens with.  I cannot get
a percent sign now, as pressing 5 with either shift key still remains a
backspace.  I'm assuming it's backspace, because pressing ^V and then 5
yields the same control code on the screen as ^V Backspace.  (Normally
it just erases text.)

- The 5 key is the only key not working.
- I've tried it from several different windoze machines for viewers (NT
and 98).
- Pressing the 5 key on the linux console (while in X) works correctly.
- The same effect happens regardless of linux user running vncserver.
- I'm using vnc-3.3.3-3, which I downloaded from the VNC site in an RPM
- These are just plain old fashioned American keyboards, not
international
- I'm really not exactly sure if it stopped working right after I moved
to RH 6.0, or if it happed some time after that.  It took me a while to
figure out what the flip was going on.

I'm in a semi-workable state, since I can use the num-key 5 when I need
it, but I'm going to need a percent sign at some point in the near
future, so I've got to get this figured out.

Has anyone heard about something like this?

Thanks,

Brett Jones


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