Shift Keys do not work in VNC

[Greg Oliver]

Package: libvncserver0
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes
Version: 0.9.7-2
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Uncompressed Size: 455k
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libjpeg62, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: libvncserver0-dbg (= 0.9.7-2)
Description: API to write one's own vnc server
 LibVNCServer makes writing a VNC server (or more correctly, a program exporting a framebuffer via the Remote Frame Buffer protocol) easy. It hides the programmer from the tedious task of managing
 clients and compression schemata.
Homepage: http://libvncserver.sourceforge.net

Shift keys do not work when connected to VNC session. Same client connected to Karmic server works as expected. I could not find options for the keys...

-Greg

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

I've noticed this too with lucid.

[Michael Jumper (zhangmaike)]

There seems to be a workaround: http://www.bramschoenmakers.nl/en/node/714

Adding the -xkb option as described in the above page solves the problem for me.

[James Cuzella (trinitronx)]

Can verify that adding the "-xkb" command line flag fixes the problem!

Running Mythbuntu 10.04 Beta 2 with updates from apt.

I've attached a very simple patch for the session script in /usr/share/mythbuntu/session.sh

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package mythbuntu-default-settings - 0.96-0ubuntu1

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mythbuntu-default-settings (0.96-0ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * Fix the shift key in VNC (LP: #551147)
  * Add some 16-color options for the bootsplash.
 -- Mario Limonciello <email address hidden> Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:48:03 -0500

[Jasen (jasen-deactivatedaccount)]

also same problem for reverse VNC connections

adding "-xkb" on the x11vnc command line is a work-around.

[Dilton McGowan II (diltonm)]

Thanks for the tip on the workaround zhangmaike.

[timothyjones (tim-timjones)]

-xkb works for me too. Thanks!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.