Re: I've lost my 'k' key, in some apps. - Fixed!

From: s. keeling (keeling_at_spots.ab.ca)
Date: 02/29/04

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    This is just one for the archives. Maybe it'll help someone should
    they run into something like it. The moral is, after installing a
    kernel package, run modconf! This is in Woody 3.0r2

    Incoming from s. keeling:
    > Incoming from s. keeling:
    > > This is the kind of thing that annoys the living daylights out of
    > > me. As you can see, that key works in the xterm that mutt's running
    > > in, it works in the emacs window that mutt opens up, and xev
    > > recognizes it. It also works in the gdm login (thank goodness!).
    > >
    > > Yet, if I start up an xterm, an rxvt, or a gnome-terminal from the
    > > command line or gnome panel, the "k" key just beeps and outputs
    > > nothing. However, if I su to root, it works there.
    >
    > I had a sneaking suspicion that something goofy must have been going
    > on with the new kernel I installed the day before this started. Well,
    > sort of. Upgrading to 2.4.18-1-686 clobbered iso-8859-1
    > (nls_iso8859-1) language support. Running modconf and installing a
    > couple of modules appears to have eliminated the problem.
    >
    > Why the only symptom was the loss of my 'k' key, and only in some
    > apps, I've no idea. What a bizarre failure mode that is. I suppose I
    > should apologise for accusing gnome, but now it's b*tch*ing that
    > fluxbox is a non-gnome-compliant wm and is refusing to use it. #$%^&*!
    > It may just be time to just give up on gdm & gnome and go back to
    > startx to regain control. Grrr. 

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