tsclient / rdesktop - caps lock inop

[mpadams]

I can verify this issue for 2003 & 2000 servers. Using the -L or -K options do not help. -y will enable CAPS, but disable arrow keys: it also negates the L or K options.

There's a bug of this reported at rdesktop.org: something's not playing nice with whatever version of X.org is in use on 8.10.

[mpadams]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...op/+bug/254968

Some posters in the bug-fix area have figured out some solutions. I have my own that goes to the source: I've rewritten most of the keyboard scanfile to use newer keyboard codes & recompiled the program against Jaunty's X11 & SSL libraries. For those that are brave, I've provided a bzip2ed-binary you can try that may work for you: if you want to build your own...

1. Grab the include file from the bug page & the source code from rdesktop.org
2. (sudo / as root) apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libx11-dev libasound2-dev
3. Edit the ./configure file to change "/usr/local" to "/usr"
4. Run ./configure with --with-x --with-ipv6 --with-sound=alsa --enable-static-openssl --enable-smartcard

*EDIT: Further testing... w & t don't stay capped, regardless of which scancode I use; holding SHIFT works fine for them though. I still believe the permanent solution is to rewrite the keyboard handler.

[Xires]

--- /usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/common.orig 2009-01-15 12:32:10.000000000 -0600
+++ /usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/common 2009-01-15 12:00:40.000000000 -0600
@@ -225,5 +225,6 @@
#
# Inhibited keys
#
-Caps_Lock 0x0 inhibit
+#Caps_Lock 0x0 inhibit
+Caps_Lock 0x3a capslock
Multi_key 0x0 inhibit

[mpadams]

http://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/rdesktop-xkb

Another developer has started a temporary fork to pin down the keyboard issues for good.

[mpadams]

Another solution: use the Debian unstable rdesktop that doesn't have the Alt-Linux keyboard patch in it. Also supports IPv6.

http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/rdesktop

[lazman]

Another solution: use the Debian unstable rdesktop that doesn't have the Alt-Linux keyboard patch in it. Also supports IPv6.

http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/rdesktop

This solution works for me. I'm connecting to an XP box. Everything seems to work great now. However, now there is an update because I'm using an older version of rdesktop. I do not know if there is a way to keep this from updateing. It would be nice to have the updater to not check this package at all, at least for now.

Thanks for posting the solution to this!

[lazman]

I found out how to keep it from updating. Go to Synaptic Package Manager, type in rdesktop in the search at the top, make sure rdesktop is highlighted, then in the top menu click on Package->Lock Version. This will prevent the updater from checking this file, and you will not have the update icon unless you have other updates.

[tonywang86]

A simple method to solve the problem:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...op/+bug/254968

[ChinnoDog]

--- /usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/common.orig 2009-01-15 12:32:10.000000000 -0600
+++ /usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/common 2009-01-15 12:00:40.000000000 -0600
@@ -225,5 +225,6 @@
#
# Inhibited keys
#
-Caps_Lock 0x0 inhibit
+#Caps_Lock 0x0 inhibit
+Caps_Lock 0x3a capslock
Multi_key 0x0 inhibit

Thanks! Fixed for me. I wonder why it is inhibited in the keymap....

[AlmarS]

--- /usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/common.orig 2009-01-15 12:32:10.000000000 -0600
+++ /usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/common 2009-01-15 12:00:40.000000000 -0600
@@ -225,5 +225,6 @@
#
# Inhibited keys
#
-Caps_Lock 0x0 inhibit
+#Caps_Lock 0x0 inhibit
+Caps_Lock 0x3a capslock
Multi_key 0x0 inhibit

Yes, this solution worked for me too. Thanks!