SSH from mac to linux -> start gnome-session -> X11 keyboard mapping all messed up
Try creating a xmodmap first:
sudo xmodmap -pke > .xmodmaprc
After that, ssh -X gconf-editor
Navigate to:
Desktop > Gnome > Peripherals > Keyboard
Select "layout" and then add "us".
Restart X11
... This is half me fooling around, and the other half blatantly stolen from https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/feisty/+source/vino/+bug/112955/comments/31
I'm not sure if the .xmodmaprc needs to be created, but hey.. the above steps worked for me!
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Updated on September 17, 2022Comments
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Justin over 1 year
I have 2 computers: echo.local is running Ubuntu 9.04. justin.local is running Mac OS 10.6.1. X11 version on the mac is 2.3.4.
I open X11 on the mac, and open a new xterm window (Applications Menu -> Terminal), everything is fine. Keyboard works as expected.
I do
ssh -X echo.local
from the mac (connecting to the linux box), and from the linux command prompt, start xterm - everything is fine. Keyboard works as expected.I do
gnome-session
from the linux command prompt (through SSH), gnome launches, but keyboard mapping is ALL types of screwed up. If I kill gnome-session and open an xterm via ssh, keyboard mapping is still screwed up. If I then kill the SSH session entirely, and do X11 -> Applications Menu -> Terminal, opening a brand new xterm window on the mac with no SSH session running at all ... keyboard mapping is still screwed up.Only after I quit X11 and relaunch, is the keyboard mapping back to normal.
Keyboard layout under GNOME is Apple->MacBook/MacBook Pro.
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Danny Staple over 12 yearsJustin - that answer worked for me, can you perhaps mark it as the correct answer?
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