Ubuntu
tsclient package

Remote access to vncserver keyboard mapping

Bug #655886 reported by Daryl Wood
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This bug affects 10 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
tsclient (Ubuntu)
New
Undecided
Unassigned
vnc4 (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Accessing remote destop via tsclient and a vncserver, all windows are minimized when pressing the "d" button.

Ubuntu release: Maverick Meerkat - released in October 2010, both local and remote machines.
I expected to input a "d", and I got minimized instead.

Problem repeatable on different machines.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: evince 2.32.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic-pae 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 6 11:14:04 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release Candidate i386 (20100928)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: evince

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Daryl Wood (daryl-datashuttle) wrote :
Dominik Stadler (dominik-stadler)
affects: ubuntu → tsclient (Ubuntu)
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Cameron Ogilvie (csogilvie) wrote :

I'm using vnc4server + a windows VNC client with the same results. (I tried using a mac VNC client too... same thing)

So I suspect it's definitely something wacky with the keyboard mapping.

If I remember correctly, when I upgraded to 10.04 a similar issue happened... I had to add a line to my .vnc/xstartup file:
export XKL_XMODMAP_DISABLE=1

I removed it after upgrading to 10.10 to get back to as "clean" of an install as I could, but no luck. Pressing the letter 'd' minimizes all windows on my desktop.

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JD Rogers (rogersjd) wrote :

Fix: I have no idea how or why this happens, but after upgrade to 10.10, a keyboard shortcut is set to make 'D' minimize all windows. After logging in, you can select the menu 'System' -> 'Preferences' -> 'Keyboard Shortcuts' and find the "Hide all normal windows and set focus to desktop" and set this to something sane like "Alt + D".

I suspect that the default is "Mod4+D" and when a system does not have a "Mod4" key available, it drops the modifier.

Steve Beattie (sbeattie)
Changed in vnc4 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
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mycl (415fox) wrote :

So, it seems like this bug is assigned to the wrong package. It should be assigned to whatever package sets up those shortcut keys. They should change their default behavior, when a modifier key doesn't exist to just disable that shortcut altogether.

But I have no idea which package that might be. Something in unity? Anyone?

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