On Sat, Nov 12, 2022, 5:26 AM Yves Auffret <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Mike, > > I didn't modify anything for the keyboard in LXDE, I just tested in boot > start "setxkbmap fr" or "setxkbmap us" or without specifying anything, it's > the same behavior. > > I tested with TightVNC instead of TigerVNC but I get the same behavior. > > I came back to TigerVNC and did another interesting test. > > By opening a web browser (Chromium) on my remote LXDE desktop via > Guacacole and going to the site > https://guacamole.apache.org/pub/tests/guac/keyboard-test.html > > All the special characters I type are well recognized by the keyboard-test > website! > > However, it still does not work with a text editor or any other program > with LXDE. > > Is there a filter somewhere? > > I don't know what to think… > Perhaps the keybindings within LXDE have somehow been automatically weirdly configured? I recall a similar issue with Gnome or MATE where all windows would minimize when typing "D", and the cause was that MATE had somehow configured itself to bind just "D" to "Show desktop" (rather than Ctrl+Alt+D). - Mike
