I do see what characters are getting typed when I do the same thing. For example: KeyPress event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x2000003, root 0

I do see what characters are getting typed when I do the same thing. For example: KeyPress event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x2000003, root 0x2b7, subw 0x0, time 322414662, (225,283), root:(1057,269), state 0x0, keycode 26 (keysym 0x65, e), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (65) "e" XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (65) "e" XFilterEvent returns: False