Just wanted to update everyone on the keyboard focus thing... there seems to be no fix. I hear that other people are having similar problems on Windows (haven't heard or found anyone who is having the exact same problem in an all Linux environment like me, but it seems to be similar).
Since I can't put a flaky system into production, I'm just going to scrap vnc and put the box in with local X only. If anyone knows of a fix or has even heard of this problem on Linux, I'd love to hear from you. I've been watching the list to see if I can answer any questions myself, but most seem to be related to pure Windows environments. Thanks, - Todd -----Original Message----- From: Thompson.Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 9:58 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: keyboard Hi All, I have a strange problem. I have a production machine running Linux that I'm about to install at a remote location, and I want to be able to see the desktop and walk someone through a problem if necessary. To accomplish being able to share the same session as the person at the console, I'm running vncserver and vncviewer on the same box with vncviewer as the local window manager attaching to localhost:1. The utility of it is great, and it works like I expect, except one thing: if you are at the console and you switch back and forth between X and a one of the tty console screens, about every fourth of fifth time you switch the keyboard starts printing garbage no matter what keys you press, and you have to reboot the machine. There is no way to press Ctrl-Alt-Del or Ctrl-C or anything. It all just results in more garbage being printed across the top of a blank black screen. Does anyone know what is causing this? I've read a few things about the keyboard losing focus, but it was all related to vncviewer on Windows OS. Does vncviewer on Linux also have this problem, and is there a workaround? My configuration is as follows: 1. IBM x225 server 2. RedHat 6.2 w/ kernel 2.4.x (I've tried several kernels in the 2.4 release with this box, the current one being 2.4.22) 3. VNC 3.3.7 geometry=1024x768 depth=16 4. vncserver startup command: vncserver -dontdisconnect :1 5. vncviewer startup command: vncviewer -fullscreen -shared localhost:1 Any help is appreciated. I've been Googling this for several days and trying everything I can think of... Thanks, - Todd _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
