> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Toback [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, July 09, 1999 12:40 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: freevt3k/xhpterm oddness [redhat 6.0]
>
> Tom Emerson writes:
> >[Ron Burnett wrote:]
> >>Time for the 'shake it all about' trick.  Just grasp the keyboard,
> >>one hand on each side, turn it over, and shake like mad.  You'll
> >>get enough crumbs and debris out of it for at least one meal.
> >>And it might make the m work.
> >>
> >>I'm being serious.
> >
> >
> >I've done that before, and yes I'd say that would be a valid solution
> --IF--
> >the " " key didn't work AT ALL.  However, the " " key doesn't work
> for ONLY
> >this one application -- I wrote the original & this response fro  the
> sa e
> >keyboard, so I know it isn't a sticky-key/dead-contact proble .
> Regular
> >telnet to the machine works, and I can log in with  y na e (since it
> has an
>
        [Kevin:]  Bruce, you forgot the 'm' on machine in this line.
Nice try though!

>
> >" " in it) that way, but telnet and freevt3k don't recognize the HP
> ter inal
> >escape sequences for cursor positioning.
>
> Start shaking, Tom.
>
> -- Bruce
>
>
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