On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, Valeriy E. Ushakov wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 13:50:30 -0400, Michael Wileman wrote:
>
>> I'm having a strange keyboard issue in X. I log into a server (also
>> netbsd) using ssh, and run centericq. In console mode, no problem. In
>> an xterm, the down-arrow key doesn't work. The down arrow key does
>> work in other apps (e.g., pine). Is this a mapping problem?
>>
>> Is there something I need to do to make X use the same mapping as
>> wscons?
>
> centericq is evil.  ISTR, it sets escape delay to zero, or something
> equally stupid.  I had the same problem under xterm on an i386.

Should have mentioned this in my previous post but forgot: I tested in 
an xterm (using the same wm) on my i386 netbsd install, and it works 
fine.

I agree centericq is seriously flaky, but is there an alternative 
text-mode IM client for netbsd that will work with yahoo messenger?

Anyway, still looking for suggestions for a workaround on the keyboard 
issue.

Mike