On Sat, 2011-05-28 at 13:03 +0200, Mike Gabriel wrote:
Hi devs,
as you might have observed, Stephane and I are currently trying to get
xkbmap settings through to the server-side x2goagent (Python X2go on
the client-side).The work is partially python-x2go specific, but also worth a change of
concept, as many X2go users have problems with keyboard settings.Today I have set up a system with a patched x2gostartagent script. The
script abuses the not-used option $X2GO_KB_LAYOUT. If its value is set
to defkeymap. The x2goagent options file gets changed in this way
(patch for x2gostartagent at the end of this mail):o keyboard=defkeymap is added as option o kbtype=pc105/defkeymap is used o a keyboard file is placed into ~/.x2go/C-<session_id> on the X2go server
On Sa 28 Mai 2011 01:25:59 CEST Mike Gabriel wrote:
And I have a "keyboard" file in the NX session directory on the server containing: rules=evdev model=pc105 layout=us variant=altgr-intl options=lv3:ralt_switch,grp:alts_toggle
Which is identical to my laptop's settings at the time I started qtnx.
I tried with the Swiss French keyboard and got the following "keyboard" file: rules=evdev model=pc105 layout=ch variant=fr options=lv3:ralt_switch,grp:alts_toggle
@Stephane: last night my x2goagent options line was still buggy, I
have fixed this now, but no success so far:mike@x2goserver:~/.x2go/C-mike-117-1306579861_stDGNOME_dp24$ cat keyboard rules=evdev model=pc105 layout=de variant=nodeadkeys options=
mike@x2goserver:~/.x2go/C-mike-117-1306579861_stDGNOME_dp24$ cat options nx/nx,link=adsl,pack=16m-jpeg-9,limit=0,root=/home/mike/.x2go/C-mike-117-1306579861_stDGNOME_dp24,cache=8M,images=32M,type=unix-kde-depth_24,id=mike-117-1306579861_stDGNOME_dp24,cookie=17bdec4e439b3ba0bd8fd0b7cca3659c,errors=/home/mike/.x2go/C-mike-117-1306579861_stDGNOME_dp24/session.log,geometry=1024x768,resize=0,fullscreen=0,accept=localhost,listen=30202,client=linux,menu=0,keyboard=defkeymap,kbtype=pc105/defkeymap:117
mike@x2goserver:~/.x2go/C-mike-117-1306579861_stDGNOME_dp24$ xprop
-root _XKB_RULES_NAMES _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xfree86", "pc105", "defkeymap", "", ""Do you have a clue with which nxagent version the ,,keyboard'' file
has been introduced into NX?Best, Mike
Hi,
I just spent a bit of time grepping through the code of the nxagent I have on my servers.
Apparently the keyboard file is some trick that was added as a patch in FreeNX's code to dump the keyboard configuration received by the agent, so not really that useful. (Attached the patch in question to this mail if that helps).
So then I played a bit with setxkbmap on my X2go server to check exactly what should be set to:
- Fix the alt-gr issue
- Make my weird keyboard layouts work (-layout ch -variant fr and -layout us and -variant altgr-intl)
Each time playing with setxkbmap and re-checking "xprop -root" to look at the result.
First test with my laptop using the US international + alt-gr dead keys layout (-layout us -variant altgr-intl):
- Initial value on x2go is: "xfree86", "pc105", "us", "", "". Layout is regular US and alt-gr is broken (acts like ALT is pressed all the time)
- setxkbmap -layout us -variant altgr-intl: Dead keys work now but alt-gr is still acting like it's pressed all the time.
- setxkbmap -rules xfree86: Fixes the alt-gr issue giving me the right layout and behaviour.
"xfree86", "pc105", "us", "altgr-intl", "" is the end working result. This can be achieved by running: setxkbmap -layout us -variant altgr-intl -rules xfree86
I then tried again with the Swiss French layout, using: setxkbmap -layout ch -variant fr -rules xfree86
Which gave a similar result. Adding that line in my .bashrc solved pretty much all my layout issues.
Hope it helps!
Hope it helps!
-- Stéphane Graber Ubuntu developer http://www.ubuntu.com