[FreeNX-kNX] AltGr key doesn't work

Alexander Skwar listen at alexander.skwar.name
Sun Jul 30 13:23:16 UTC 2006


Alexander Skwar schrieb:
> Alexander Skwar schrieb:
>> Alexander Skwar schrieb:
>>> Kurt Pfeifle schrieb:
>>>> On Sunday 30 July 2006 13:33, Alexander Skwar wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Why is AltGr not recognized and how do I change that?
>>>> 
>>>> Not sure where is actual bug is -- but here is a workaround:
>>>> 
>>>> + start "kcmshell keyboard_layout" (inside your KDE session)
>>>> + change keyboard model to "Generic 102-key ..." (or was it 104-key?)
>>>> + "Apply" 
>>>> + test if it works
>>>> + if it works, say "OK"
>>> 
>>> Oh, forgot to mention it again: I'm not using KDE, not Gnome
>>> but a "custom" session which starts qvwm. I also use(d) this
>>> setup for VNC and in VNC, AltGr is working.
>> 
>> Changing "Keyboard Layout" to German in nxclient did NOT help.
> 
> On  http://www.nomachine.com/tr/view_notes.php?commid=86&id=TR09C01029
> there's a workaround listed:
> 
> askwar at hetzner /usr/NX/bin $ xkbcomp -w 1 -m de /etc/X11/xkb/keymap/xfree86 $DISPLAY
> Error:            Can't find file "en_US" for symbols include
>                    Exiting
>                    Abandoning symbols file "de"
> Error:            success in unknown
>                    Couldn't write keyboard description to unix:1000.0
> 
> This didn't work either.

Updating the client to 2.0.0-98 also didn't help.

Alexander Skwar
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