From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 17 16:15:00 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C115B10656D0 for ; Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:15:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from DStaal@usa.net) Received: from mail.magehandbook.com (173-8-4-45-WashingtonDC.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.8.4.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 974308FC0C for ; Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:15:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (Mac-Pro.magehandbook.com [192.168.1.50]) by mail.magehandbook.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 600642845B for ; Sun, 17 Apr 2011 12:14:59 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 12:14:58 -0400 From: Daniel Staal To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: X11 remote desktops and keyboards X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD Questions List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:15:00 -0000 I'm having a problem where if I try to create a remote desktop using X11, my keyboard gets remapped quite oddly. (One key I've learned is that 'e' translates to 'backspace', for instance...) This does not happen if I just run a program remotely. It only happens if I try to run Xnest or Xephyr and then run a program inside that desktop. (So running xterm directly works fine, but running an xterm in a Xnest session doesn't.) My 'home desktop' (the one running the X11 server, that I'm trying to remote my FreeBSD desktop to) is OS X 10.6.6, running XQuartz 2.3.6. (The default Apple X11 server.) The FreeBSD machine is running 8.2-RELEASE (amd64). I do get an error when running Xnest or Xephyr. In Xephyr the error is: > Xephyr unable to use SHM XImages > expected keysym, got XF86TouchpadToggle: line 123 of inet In Xnest it is: > expected keysym, got XF86TouchpadToggle: line 123 of inet > Couldn't get keyboard. Any ideas on what's going on or how to fix it? Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------