96847 - keyboard doesn't work under 'xinit -- -bp 16'

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 76854

(Core Graveyard :: Cmd-line Features, defect)

Description

[Tracy Powell]

This problem occurs with Mozilla 5.0 and Netscape 6.1.  I'm using the browser
in a kiosk application.  I start x windows using xinit -- -bpp 16  When I start 
Netscape up the keyboard does work to enter data into forms.  It works 
correctly with Netscape version 4.76. It also works correctly when I use startx

Comment 1

[Oliver Klee]

Tracy, could you post your build ID and a set of steps to reproduce the problem?

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Comment 2

[Tracy Powell]

I was using release 0.9.3.  Using the following steps

1.  xinit -- -bp 16
2.  /usr/local/mozilla/mozilla
3.  Now try to enter a URL in the location.  I could not enter a URL location
    using the keyboard.  This also applies to anywhere else data is entered.

Comment 3

[Chase Tingley]

taking a stab at clarifying the summary

Comment 4

[Tracy Powell]

Unable to enter data into Forms, the URL location, or anywhre else on
a page.  Example:

xinit -- -bp 16
/usr/local/mozilla/mozilla "http://www.yahoo.com"

Now try and enter data to perform search.  I'm unable to key anthing in.
Again this will work if startx is used instead of xinit.

Comment 5

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

not the correct component I'm guessing but anything's better than b-g.

Comment 6

[R.K.Aa.]

if you start a window-manager when you run startx, but not when you run xinit,
then this is a dup of bug 76854

Comment 7

[R.K.Aa.]

Reporter:

xinit by default starts an X session without any window-manager.
Can you confirm that this is the case also on your own system?
If so, this is a duplicate of bug 76854.

Comment 8

[R.K.Aa.]

Resolving as dup of bug 76854. Reporter: Please inform if you don't run xinit
deafults , but actually have modified it to run a windowmanager.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 76854 ***

Comment 9

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

mass verification of duplicate bugs: to find all bugspam pertaining to this, set
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if you think this particular bug is *not* a duplicate, please provide a
compelling reason, as well as check a recent *trunk* build (on the appropriate
platform[s]), before reopening.