Comment 12 for bug 289918

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Marcelo Boveto Shima (marceloshima) wrote :

For intrepid I uploaded a new version of nx with a patch to define the xkb rules to xfree86.
So it should revert to the same behavior of a hardy server.

I've updated the freenx-team whiteboard with:

PPA whiteboard:

Intrepid (Xorg 7.4) release changed the default driver (evdev) for inputs (keyboards, mouse, etc).
This new release changed the xkb rules too, so we have the following situations:

These steps must be followed on the remote session.

1) Intrepid client:
    * Change the keyboard model to evdev:
       - GNOME: System -> Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard model -> Generic -> "Evdev-managed keyboard"
    * Restart the window manager that keeps the keyboard hotkeys:
       - GNOME: Go to a terminal and execute $ killall metacity.

2) Hardy client:
    * Revert the settings if you have used an Intrepid client
    * Restart the window manager that keeps the keyboard hotkeys:
       - GNOME: Go to a terminal and execute $ killall metacity.