ok, did that..... i think i found another detail. when i use "emulate a virtual desktop" in wineconfig, it shuts off keyboard input to programs running under wine. i got most of the software i want to use in wine reinstalled, and i tested each one for keyboard input. then i went into wineconfig and turned on the virtual desktop, and that's when i lost the keyboard. i went back and turned off virtual desktop and got the keyboard back again.
