Workarounds: Incidentally if it helps anyone else, I eventually discovered that pressing alt and *then* space also works in in XP.
There's also ctrl+esc for start which does get through. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/872273 Title: Modifier keys escape vnc confinement To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/872273/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
