[FreeNX-kNX] problems with Mac OS X client

[perkel]

Thanks for this suggestion.  Unfortunately, I'm still missing something.

I can start the X server, open xterm and do the xmodmap step and can 
confirm that this has had the desired effect by checking with xmodmap -pk.

But then when I use nxclient (or even ssh -X to another machine) and 
then open konsole, I still don't get '*' or '+' from the normal keyboard 
locations (shift-8 or shift-=).  I do also confirm that these characters 
from the numeric keypad work fine.  So at this point I don't even know 
what to try next.

Also, although I'm clearly not ready for this yet, I was unable to find 
source for session_gate.  Any pointers?

Thanks for your ideas,
David


lists.freenx at web19.eml.cc wrote:
> On Thursday 11 August 2005 23:57, David Perkel wrote:
> 
>>OK, the problem with ignoring '*' and '+' seems to occur only with
>>certain applications, notably konsole.
>>
>>This suggests nxclient is off the hook.  My apologies.
>>David
> 
> 
> I also had this problem using konsole over NX.  It's been a while, but 
> here is my recollection of the solution: the * on shift-8 generates 
> some other weird keystroke that for me switched konsole tabs, but the 
> * on the numeric keypad (for my PowerBook I think it's fn-0) works 
> fine.  So I remap the shift-8 version to send the same X Windows 
> keysym as the keypad * by putting the following lines:
> 
> keycode 75 = asterisk
> keycode 77 = plus
> 
> in a file (I use ~/.Xmodmap) and then running
> 
> xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
> 
> to apply the settings.  (I had the same problem with +.)  You need 
> these settings to affect the *local* X Server running on your mac.  I 
> don't remember whether it works to do this inside the NX session (I 
> think it does), or if you have to start X11.app manually on your mac, 
> open up a terminal window, run xmodmap, and then start nxclient.  You 
> can automate this using a .xinitrc file, but make sure you understand 
> how to use .xinitrc - specifically, that your X session will end when 
> the .xinitrc script returns, so you need to have something in there 
> that doesn't quit until you're done with X.  For that purpose I 
> compile session_gate from MIT Athena and use a .xinitrc that looks 
> like this:
> 
> xmodmap ${HOME}/.Xmodmap
> rxvt &
> konsole &
> quartz-wm &
> exec /usr/local/bin/session_gate
> 
> ... although it also works to exec xterm or some such if you don't 
> mind the requirement that you always keep that xterm open.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> -Jesse
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