Why is the Dollar Sign not working?

Question

I have been tinkering around with Synergy today (Windows Desktop Server, OSX Laptop Client) and I must say I am VERY pleased.

However, I have one issue I need to resolve in order to use Synergy at all.

My dollar-sign (Shift+4) is not working.

The key 4 produces the number "4". Shift+4 produces nothing. Not blank--just no reaction whatsoever.

I have verified that Shift works. Shift works with 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and so on. Shift+4 works on the host (Windows).

I have also verified that Shift+4 from the actual laptop keyboard works properly.

Obviously, it is not a "Swapped modifiers" issue, since it works with all the other keys. I really need this to take care of the work I do with PHP, so I would be really glad if someone could assist me in troubleshooting the issue.

Here is the Level 1 debug log from synergys

What you see in this debug is me doing several things:

1. Press Shift
2. Press 3
3. Release 3
4. Press 4
5. Release 4
6. Release Shift

Solution

Not sure if it's a solution or a defeat, but I tried out ShareMouse, and it took care of my problems without any hassle. Perfect switching between host/client layouts and easier setup. Yay. :) Thanks for all the help, people!

Comments

[Josh]

What does the debug log for synergys say?

[Josh]

What's happening is when you press shift-3, it sends ASCII code 35 (#). But when you press shift-4, it appears to send ASCII code 164, rather than 36 ($)

[Josh]

Can you post your synergy.conf file from the server?

[krystah]

I noticed that as well, the numbers seemed a bit off. Not being particularly successful in locating the .conf file, since the host is a Windows machine. Will poke back once I find it!

[krystah]

I found no conf-file, but I had an option to save my configuration, so I did that and checked the file, but it only contained basic information on which screens go left, right, their names, etc. Nothing keysym/ascii-specific.

[Josh]

Hm. What version of synergys are you using? I have had to use an older version on my macs, v1.3.6 to be specific...

[krystah]

Man, this is messed up. I tried restarting the host after changing the host keyboard layout, and now I am getting the dollar sign, but other characters are messed up. Slash has become 7, etc. Seems like I will not be able to use this program reliably, then! Too bad, I was enjoying it a lot..

[Michael Hampton]

Definitely sounds like you have keyboard layout issues.

[Josh]

Sounds like synergy isn't working to me...