Shift-t does not display on terminals

[Larry Alkoff]

Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> 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

Thanks for your reply Matt.
Here is the output of xev which _seems_ to be saying about the same as your:


KeyPress event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x4200001,
     root 0x4d, subw 0x0, time 11248457, (-271,529), root:(752,553),
     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 31, synthetic NO, window 0x4200001,
     root 0x4d, subw 0x0, time 11251609, (-271,529), root:(752,553),
     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 31, synthetic NO, window 0x4200001,
     root 0x4d, subw 0x0, time 11251697, (-271,529), root:(752,553),
     state 0x1, keycode 28 (keysym 0x54, T), same_screen YES,
     XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (54) "T"
     XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x4200001,
     root 0x4d, subw 0x0, time 11252184, (-271,529), root:(752,553),
     state 0x1, keycode 50 (keysym 0xffe1, Shift_L), same_screen YES,
     XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
     XFilterEvent returns: False

FocusOut event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x4200001,
     mode NotifyNormal, detail NotifyNonlinear



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