Re: What are these messages telling me?

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From: Francisco X DeJesus
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:40

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In article <1993Jan21.150619.14417@nastar.uucp> pnewman@nastar.uucp (Paul Newman) writes:
>One of our X window installations in our network is causing some of our
>word processing and database management software to produce the following
>messages when the applications are started:
>
>Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name: osfRight
>Warning: ... found while parsing ' ~Shift ~Ctrl <Key>osfRight:  IncrementDownOrR
>ight(1)'
>Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name: osfUp
>Warning: ... found while parsing ' ~Shift Ctrl <Key>osfUp:      PageUpOrLeft(0)'
>Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name: osfDown
>Warning: ... found while parsing ' ~Shift Ctrl <Key>osfDown:    PageDownOrRight(
>0)'
>
>What does it mean and how do I fix it?

Probably means that you need the "osf" definitions in your "XKeysymDB"
file (/usr/lib/X11/XKeysymDB, or similar path). This file (with those
definitions) is part of the standard Motif distribution. Check any of
your other machines to see if you have a copy of it elsewhere...
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