From unknown Tue Apr 28 14:02:29 2026 X-Loop: owner@bugs.x2go.org Subject: Bug#674: [X2Go-Dev] Bug#674: Fwd: Bug#674: Acknowledgement (keycode -> keycode translation harmful (makes configuration complex)) Reply-To: Mike Gabriel , 674@bugs.x2go.org Resent-From: Mike Gabriel Resent-To: x2go-dev@lists.x2go.org Resent-CC: X2Go Developers X-Loop: owner@bugs.x2go.org Resent-Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 14:45:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@bugs.x2go.org X-X2Go-PR-Message: followup 674 X-X2Go-PR-Package: x2goserver X-X2Go-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool by 674-submit@bugs.x2go.org id=B674.141874095521107 (code B ref 674); Tue, 16 Dec 2014 14:45:02 +0000 Received: (at 674) by bugs.x2go.org; 16 Dec 2014 14:42:35 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on ymir.das-netzwerkteam.de X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 Received: from freya.das-netzwerkteam.de (freya.das-netzwerkteam.de [88.198.48.199]) by ymir.das-netzwerkteam.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 365B65DB1C for <674@bugs.x2go.org>; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 15:42:33 +0100 (CET) Received: from grimnir.das-netzwerkteam.de (grimnir.das-netzwerkteam.de [78.46.204.98]) by freya.das-netzwerkteam.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BD18013A3; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 15:42:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grimnir.das-netzwerkteam.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id A439C3BACC; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 15:42:32 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at grimnir.das-netzwerkteam.de Received: from grimnir.das-netzwerkteam.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (grimnir.das-netzwerkteam.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 8Y-CsHZwoYwi; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 15:42:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from grimnir.das-netzwerkteam.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grimnir.das-netzwerkteam.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 702393BABC; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 15:42:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from 46.115.132.150 ([46.115.132.150]) by mail.das-netzwerkteam.de (Horde Framework) with HTTP; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 14:42:32 +0000 Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 14:42:32 +0000 Message-ID: <20141216144232.Horde.p3bJGuiwLTCcXJi7k7d_Dw6@mail.das-netzwerkteam.de> From: Mike Gabriel To: Ulrich Sibiller , 674@bugs.x2go.org References: <54654F43.1020306@backsla.sh> <5483D272.8020008@backsla.sh> <548B8C0E.7020701@backsla.sh> In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H5 (6.2.2) Accept-Language: en,de Organization: DAS-NETZWERKTEAM X-Originating-IP: 46.115.132.150 X-Remote-Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:32.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/32.0 Iceweasel/32.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=_Mvz3T8ADky09f-Bit6cGtQ1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 MIME-Version: 1.0 This message is in MIME format and has been PGP signed. --=_Mvz3T8ADky09f-Bit6cGtQ1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; DelSp=Yes Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Ulrich, On Di 16 Dez 2014 10:40:06 CET, Ulrich Sibiller wrote: > On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 1:45 AM, Robert Siemer=20=20 >=20 wrote: > >> If the translation is on, you get a skewed setup. >> >> Note that the x2go (with the setting of =E2=80=9Cdo nothing=E2=80=9D) do= es a non-perfect >> copy with the same effect: if the translation is effective, the keyboard= is >> skewed and you are force to load at least =E2=80=9Csomething=E2=80=9D to= fix XKB. If the >> translation is off, you =E2=80=9Conly=E2=80=9D need to load XKB configur= ation if that >> non-perfect copy annoys you... > >> Thanks for the pointer! I had a look at it. As I suspected: the translat= ion >> is =E2=80=9Cbad=E2=80=9D. Sometimes two different keycodes are translate= d to the same >> keycode. How are you supposed to tell them apart on the remote side? You >> can=E2=80=99t. >> >>> It seems some kind of translation from evdev to pc105 is done. >> >> The naming is a little funny: the keycodes generated by the kernel befor= e >> evdev were not called like that, were they? > > I don't think so. > >>> Do we need to disable setting >>> up the translation within the nx code to make that work? >> >> That would be great as a first step. > > I was wondering why this translations had been introduced. It emerged > between nxagent 3.2.0-10 and 3.3.0-9. The changelog between these > releases contains (among others) these changes: > > nxagent-3.3.0-9 > > - Changed Keyboard initialization and reset. This change should fix > TR11F02129, TR11F02131, TR11F02132. > > nxagent-3.3.0-4 > > - Fix the XKB map load in the case of 64 bit server. > > nxagent-3.3.0-3 > > - Fixed TR10F02119. If the remote X display is using evdev keyboard > then copy maps from remote. > > nxagent-3.2.0-12 > > - Fixed TR08E01814. Added shadow keymap initialization in order to > enable nxcompshad to translate keycodes across different layouts. > > So it MIGHT have been introduced mainly for shadow sessions. The > TR10F02119 refers to Ubuntu 8.10, which - according to some other > posts I found - is the version that introduced evdev. So the fix that > solved evdev problems is causing problems when evdev is enabled. > > I also looked at the source and found that clearing the property seems > to be the only way to disable the translation. (apart from disabling > XKB completely). > > Uli Note that you can view the changes between versions of nxagent via=20=20 nx-libs.git=20[1]. Use the "commitdiff" links in the right column... 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