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From: bolsen@seanet.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: X Window problem
Date: 29 Oct 1995 09:10:55 GMT
Organization: Seanet Online Services, Seattle WA
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Sender: bolsen@odinn (Bruce Olsen)
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In article <46sgqv$o8e@news2.ios.com>, Bobby Bat <autoexec@haven.ios.com> writes:
|> bolsen@seanet.com (Bruce Olsen) wrote:
|> >I have run into a strange quirk I'm hoping someone can help me resolve. I have
|> >FreeBSD 2.0.5 from Walnut Creek and have installed XFree86 3.1.1 all with a
|> >straight installation and doing nothing fancy. My problem manifests itself
|> >in apps such as aXe and x3270. These apps have pull down menus, and the menu
|> >activates, but none of the selections in the menu will be selected. The pull
|> >down goes away an nothing happens. 
|> >
|> >Any ideas? Did I mess something up in my installation of XFree86? It happens
|> >on two machines I have done, but Linux and XFree86 on the same machines didn't
|> >have that problem.
|> >
|> >Thanks.
|> 
|> Turn off numlock.
|> 
Thanks to all. Works slick now.