VNC problem with upper case characters

[stv4rn0]

I'm running RealVLC over two Mandriva 2008.1 PCs and cannot get upper case letters across. Neither SHIFT keys nor the CAPS LOCK key have any effect. That makes it impossible to enter passwords containing upercase letters or to enter characters like $, @, * etc.

 

I've had the same problem with TightVNC which I removed in belief it is an application bug, however it appears something else is at stake here.

Would anyone have some idea how to get around this problem?

[scarecrow]

Are you using compiz, or some other composite manager?

[stv4rn0]

Are you using compiz, or some other composite manager?

 

don't think so, just plain Gnome.

 

$ rpm -qa | grep -i compiz

 

returns nothing

[scarecrow]

Ehmmm... strange.

I never had issues with vnc clients (or rdesktop), unless I was using a composite window manager, where some certain keystrokes were misinterpreted.

Can you please post your xorg config file (copypaste) or upload it to some pastebin space?

Edited January 10, 2009 by scarecrow

[stv4rn0]

Can you please post your xorg config file (copypaste) or upload it to some pastebin space?

here it comes:

# File generated by XFdrake (rev 234840)
Section "Extensions"
   Option "Composite"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the xorg.conf man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"
   #DontZap # disable <Ctrl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
   AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work
   #DontZoom # disable <Ctrl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
EndSection

Section "Module"
   Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
   Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
   Load "extmod"
   Load "type1"
   Load "freetype"
   Load "glx" # 3D layer
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier "Keyboard1"
   Driver "kbd"
   Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
   Option "XkbLayout" "us"
   Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier "Mouse1"
   Driver "mouse"
   Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
   Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier "monitor1"
   VendorName "Plug'n Play"
   ModelName "IBM E94"
   HorizSync 30-96
   VertRefresh 50-160

   # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
   # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
   ModeLine "768x576"     50.00  768  832  846 1000   576  590  595  630

   # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
   ModeLine "768x576"     63.07  768  800  960 1024   576  578  590  616
EndSection

Section "Device"
   Identifier "device1"
   VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
   BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX to GeForce 8800"
   Driver "nv"
   Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
   Identifier "screen1"
   Device "device1"
   Monitor "monitor1"
   DefaultColorDepth 24

   Subsection "Display"
       Depth 8
       Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
   EndSubsection

   Subsection "Display"
       Depth 15
       Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
   EndSubsection

   Subsection "Display"
       Depth 16
       Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
   EndSubsection

   Subsection "Display"
       Depth 24
       Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
   EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier "layout1"
   InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
   InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
   Screen "screen1"
EndSection

don't think it matters, but the keyboard is IBM Model M, you know, one of those that if it falls on your leg you end up in hospital :-)

it's 20 years old and still going strong http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_M_keyboard

Edited January 11, 2009 by stv4rn0