Thank you for the quick reply, maybe something is wrong on my home machine that is now making this an issue. I'll try it with openoffice maybe it is something with kmail thanks again tim On Sunday 13 December 2009 09:39:35 am Mustali Dalal wrote: > I hadn't X forwarded from the N900 since getting it but after reading your > email, I tried it and I can say that keyboard input works fine ( > http://bit.ly/7GBbME) - at least for OpenOffice.org. Hopefully someone here > may be able to help you determine what the problem may be. > > Regards, > mustali > > On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Tim Ashman <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I just noticed today that when I ssh into my home linux box from my n900 > > and > > launch an app that the hardware keyboard does not register for the app. > > The > > mouse still does, so the menus work, etc but once I click into a field I > > get > > the I-Beam indicator that usually means I can type, but when I type > > nothing. > > Once I close the app I then can see that my keystrokes are on the command > > line of my remoted box. > > > > What am I doing wrong I'm using the same command I always used on my 800 > > and > > 810. > > > > ssh user@computer -X > > > > then for example to launch kmail I type kmail & > > > > Is there some keyboard mapping that needs to be done on the n900?? > > > > please help this is one of the main uses I use my nokia tablet for (yes > > tablet > > not phone) and if I can't do this anymore I feel like I may need to jump > > back to the n810 and begin looking for a new device that can do this > > still. > > > > thank you > > > > tim > > > > _______________________________________________ > > maemo-users mailing list > > maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx > > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users