[FreeNX-kNX] Keyboard Mappings Continued

[Gregory Carter]

I have a solution to my keyboard mapping problems, which I would like to 
share with the list.

First my setup:

Server: Fedora 13 beta x64
Client: Fedora 13 beta x64

No Machine Client 3.4.07 on the Fedora 13 Beta client.

Problem:

Logging in I have no arrow keys, and the numeric keypad is mapped 
wrong.   This was a game stopper as I wanted to use it with Remote 
AutoCAD sessions.

I honestly couldn't find anything with respect to NX mapping keys, but 
after looking at the code I found it was more of a X Windows problem, 
than a NX problem.

You need to login to the nx session that is giving you keyboard 
problems, and install xkeycaps:

First of all you should get the graphical front end to xmodmap.  In 
Fedora 13 it was a:

yum install xkeycaps

Once you have xkeycaps running in your nx session, you right click on a 
key, and then select the correct key on the right to remap it.  I had to 
do this for my entire keypad, and arrow keys.

After you do that, it saves out a dot file to your local directory.

You have to execute "xmodmap <dot-file-wrtten-out-by-xkeycaps>"

Just pass the dot file to xmodmap, and presto, all of my issues are gone.

To make it permenant you will have to set that command in your bashrc or 
bash_profile when you login to your NX session or you can execute 
manually by hand when you need to.

Very nice little program, and so ends a very frustrating evening of not 
having my keyboard mapped right in Fedora 13 under NX.

-gc