#669 - better document different keyboard setups

X2Go Bug report logs - #669
better document different keyboard setups

Subject: Bug#669: [X2Go-Dev] Bug#669: Keyboard layout is wrong
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Control: reassign -1 wiki.x2go.org Control: retitle -1 better document different keyboard setups Control: severity -1 wishlist Hi Daniel, On Fr 07 Nov 2014 17:49:12 CET, Albrecht, Daniel S. wrote: > Package: keyboard layout > Version. 2.7.7 > > Just yesterday, I attempted to connect remotely to my work desktop > using X2go and the keyboard layout was completely erratic (e = > backspace, enter = j, etc.). When I attempt to change the keyboard > layout in preferences, no matter what input I choose, I get the > following error: > > Error activating XKB configuration. > It can happen under various circumstances: > - a bug in libxklavier library > - a bug in X server (xkbcomp, xmodmap utilities) > - X server with incompatible libxkbfile implementation > > X server version data: > The X.Org Foundation > 70000000 > > If you report this situation as a bug, please include: > - The result of xprop -root | grep XKB > - The result of gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd > > When I use an X11 terminal to run the xprop and gconftrool-2, I get > the following responses: > > bash-3.2$ xprop -root|grep XKB > _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "base", "empty", "empty", "", "" > > bash-3.2$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd > bash: gconftool-2: command not found > > I'm also having some connectivity issues, where X2go closes > unexpectedly at least once before I'm able to log on, I don't know > if that issue is related to the keyboard one or not. Thank you, > > Dan Albrecht I am not sure that this really is a bug. It surely could be handled in a better way in X2Go, but basically, what you do is: (a) you tell X2Go Client to set some specific keyboard set up for the session (b) have a special keyboard setting configured by the desktop environment Both approaches do not go well together. In X2Go, we recommend to disable all keyboard settings made by the desktop shell, but let X2Go Client set up the keyboard model, layout and variant. I reassigned this issue to wiki.x2go.org as it rather requires documentation in the FAQ than a fix in the software. Greets, Mike -- DAS-NETZWERKTEAM mike gabriel, herweg 7, 24357 fleckeby fon: +49 (1520) 1976 148 GnuPG Key ID 0x25771B31 mail: mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de, http://das-netzwerkteam.de freeBusy: https://mail.das-netzwerkteam.de/freebusy/m.gabriel%40das-netzwerkteam.de.xfb

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X2Go Bug report logs - #669 better document different keyboard setups

X2Go Bug report logs - #669
better document different keyboard setups