Hi,
The ALT-GR key doesn't work under VNC console with DELL Vostro 3700 / OS Windows 7 32bits / latest Java 1.6.0 / Firefox 12 or IE 8 / French keyboard layout set in Options / Keyboard Layout.
However, it works with my Debian Squeeze / Iceweasel 3.5 / Java Plug-in 1.6.0_26 on HP Pavilion dm1 ...
pve-manager: 2.0-59 (pve-manager/2.0/18400f07)
running kernel: 2.6.32-11-pve
proxmox-ve-2.6.32: 2.0-66
pve-kernel-2.6.32-10-pve: 2.6.32-63
pve-kernel-2.6.32-11-pve: 2.6.32-66
lvm2: 2.02.88-2pve2
clvm: 2.02.88-2pve2
corosync-pve: 1.4.3-1
openais-pve: 1.1.4-2
libqb: 0.10.1-2
redhat-cluster-pve: 3.1.8-3
resource-agents-pve: 3.9.2-3
fence-agents-pve: 3.1.7-2
pve-cluster: 1.0-26
qemu-server: 2.0-38
pve-firmware: 1.0-15
libpve-common-perl: 1.0-26
libpve-access-control: 1.0-18
libpve-storage-perl: 2.0-17
vncterm: 1.0-2
vzctl: 3.0.30-2pve2
vzprocps: 2.0.11-2
vzquota: 3.0.12-3
pve-qemu-kvm: 1.0-9
ksm-control-daemon: 1.1-1
Any suggestions ?
Best regards,
Thomas
Hi Thomas, I ran into this same problem when wrestling with Oracle's VM Server and perhaps the same solution could help. As I found out there was a bug in the keyboard mappings for the AltGr key combinations, at least for the Swedish keyboard layout. This is how I created a patched version that works.
Start by making a copy of the existing keyboard mapping file, in this example I use the Swedish file /lib/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/sv-latin1.map.gz. Copy and unpack the file:
# cp sv-latin1.map.gz sv-vnc.map.gz
# gzip -d sv-vnc.map.gz
Edit the unpacked file and add "control altgr" rows for the missing / nonworking key combinations, see the highlighted additions in the file:
charset ”iso-8859-1″
keymaps 0-2,4-6,8,12
include ”qwerty-layout”
include ”linux-with-alt-and-altgr”
plain keycode 83 = KP_Comma
strings as usual
keycode 1 = Escape
alt keycode 1 = Meta_Escape
keycode 2 = one exclam
alt keycode 2 = Meta_one
keycode 3 = two quotedbl at
control keycode 3 = nul
alt keycode 3 = Meta_two
control altgr keycode 3 = at
keycode 4 = three numbersign sterling
control keycode 4 = Escape
alt keycode 4 = Meta_three
control altgr keycode 4 = sterling
keycode 5 = four ccedilla
control keycode 5 = Control_backslash
alt keycode 5 = Meta_four
altgr keycode 5 = dollar
control altgr keycode 5 = dollar
keycode 6 = five percent
control keycode 6 = Control_bracketright
alt keycode 6 = Meta_five
keycode 7 = six ampersand notsign
control keycode 7 = Control_asciicircum
alt keycode 7 = Meta_six
keycode 8 = seven slash braceleft
control keycode 8 = Control_underscore
alt keycode 8 = Meta_seven
control altgr keycode 8 = braceleft
keycode 9 = eight parenleft bracketleft
control keycode 9 = Delete
alt keycode 9 = Meta_eight
control altgr keycode 9 = bracketleft
keycode 10 = nine parenright bracketright
alt keycode 10 = Meta_nine
control altgr keycode 10 = bracketright
keycode 11 = zero equal braceright
alt keycode 11 = Meta_zero
control altgr keycode 11 = braceright
keycode 12 = plus question backslash
control keycode 12 = Control_underscore
alt keycode 12 = Meta_minus
control altgr keycode 12 = backslash
keycode 13 = dead_acute dead_grave
alt keycode 13 = Meta_equal
keycode 14 = Delete
alt keycode 14 = Meta_Delete
keycode 15 = Tab
alt keycode 15 = Meta_Tab
keycode 26 = +aring +Aring
control keycode 26 = Escape
alt keycode 26 = Meta_bracketleft
keycode 27 = dead_diaeresis asciicircum asciitilde
control keycode 27 = Control_bracketright
alt keycode 27 = Meta_bracketright
control altgr keycode 27 = asciitilde
keycode 28 = Return
alt keycode 28 = Meta_Control_m
keycode 29 = Control
keycode 39 = +odiaeresis +Odiaeresis
alt keycode 39 = Meta_semicolon
keycode 40 = +adiaeresis +Adiaeresis
control keycode 40 = Control_g
alt keycode 40 = Meta_apostrophe
keycode 41 = section degree onehalf
control keycode 41 = nul
alt keycode 41 = Meta_grave
keycode 42 = Shift
keycode 43 = apostrophe asterisk
control keycode 43 = Control_backslash
alt keycode 43 = Meta_backslash
keycode 51 = comma semicolon
alt keycode 51 = Meta_comma
keycode 52 = period colon
alt keycode 52 = Meta_period
keycode 53 = minus underscore
control keycode 53 = Delete
alt keycode 53 = Meta_slash
shift control keycode 53 = Control_underscore
keycode 54 = Shift
keycode 56 = Alt
keycode 57 = space
control keycode 57 = nul
alt keycode 57 = Meta_space
keycode 58 = Caps_Lock
keycode 86 = less greater bar
alt keycode 86 = Meta_less
control altgr keycode 86 = bar
keycode 97 = Control
Re-compress the file and load it:
# gzip sv-vnc.map
# loadkeys sv-vnc
If you want to use this file as default everytime the computer starts, edit the /etc/default/keyboard file:
KEYBOARDTYPE=”pc”
KEYTABLE=”sv-vnc”
Hope this helps!
