freenx + nxclient and keyboard mapping problem.

kokoko3k · 2010-02-26 09:02:25

Hi all, i've a problem with keyboard mappings when i connect to a remote server using nxclient.
client arrow keys doesn't works, but they're not alone.
i readed that the problem could be solved by issuing (remotely on the server):

# setxkbmap -model evdev -layout it (or whatever)

but that just fails giving me:
- Error loading new keyboard description
(note that the same command works locally on both peers)

Has anyone addressed this somehow?

nxclient: 3.4.0.5-2
nxserver: 3.4.0-2

thanks.

Last edited by kokoko3k (2010-06-10 15:06:43)

Sin.citadel · 2010-02-26 17:12:16

if the command needs to be run locally, add it to /etc/rc.local and then try.

kokoko3k · 2010-02-27 11:02:44

remotely on the server

kokoko3k · 2010-06-10 14:45:40

Bump...

Problem persists with nxclient 3.4.0.7-1 and freenx 0.7.3-6 (nxserver 3.4.0-3)

I've just made two fresh vanilla archlinux installs and i've been able to reproduce the issue.
As a partial workaround, i made a script which uses xmodmap to map some keycodes to the right places, i have to run it (on the remote app) every time i log in to nxserver:

xmodmap -e "keycode 98=Up"
xmodmap -e "keycode 104=Down"
xmodmap -e "keycode 100=Left"
xmodmap -e "keycode 102=Right"
xmodmap -e "keycode 99=Page_Up"
xmodmap -e "keycode 105=Page_Down"
xmodmap -e "keycode 106=Insert"
xmodmap -e "keycode 97=Home"
xmodmap -e "keycode 103=End"
xmodmap -e "keycode 107=Delete"

xmodmap -e "keycode 109=Control_R"
xmodmap -e "keycode 113=Alt_R"

...,but i still miss alt-gr and ctrl modifiers and probably other things are still broken.

Does anyone experienced the same thing or has some advice to make modifiers key working via xmodmap?

By the moment that the problem seems not to affect other distros, I would like to have some feedback on this before opening a bug report explicitely related to arch-linux.

Last edited by kokoko3k (2010-06-10 14:46:49)

tarpman · 2010-09-01 17:13:26

I'm experiencing the same issue under Ubuntu 10.04 and searching for a solution. If you found one since you made this post I'd be quite interested.

Arch Linux

#1 2010-02-26 09:02:25

freenx + nxclient and keyboard mapping problem.

#2 2010-02-26 17:12:16

Re: freenx + nxclient and keyboard mapping problem.

#3 2010-02-27 11:02:44

Re: freenx + nxclient and keyboard mapping problem.

#4 2010-06-10 14:45:40

Re: freenx + nxclient and keyboard mapping problem.

#5 2010-09-01 17:13:26

Re: freenx + nxclient and keyboard mapping problem.

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