Shift-t does not display on terminals

Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Mon May 21 22:32:43 UTC 2007


Larry Alkoff wrote:
> hen I type a shift-t on an xterm, konsole or the console (f1 - f6)
> no character appears.  This started today.

Try running:

xev

then typing it.

For me, typing Shift-T produces the below.  If you reply with your
output, we can probably figure out the problem:

KeyPress event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x3200001,
    root 0x3e, subw 0x0, time 2965638849, (-154,230), root:(444,252),
    state 0x0, keycode 50 (keysym 0xffe1, Shift_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x3200001,
    root 0x3e, subw 0x0, time 2965639522, (-154,230), root:(444,252),
    state 0x1, keycode 28 (keysym 0x54, T), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (54) "T"
    XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (54) "T"
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x3200001,
    root 0x3e, subw 0x0, time 2965639613, (-154,230), root:(444,252),
    state 0x1, keycode 28 (keysym 0x54, T), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (54) "T"

KeyRelease event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x3200001,
    root 0x3e, subw 0x0, time 2965639713, (-154,230), root:(444,252),
    state 0x1, keycode 50 (keysym 0xffe1, Shift_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:


Matt Flaschen




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