Description of problem: vncserver and Xnest don't handle control keys Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): xorg-x11-6.7.0-0.5 How reproducible: easily Steps to Reproduce: 1.Start vncserver 2.Start vncclient 3.Start xterm in vncclient 4.attempt to use control characters in xterm. Actual results: control characters interpretted as regular (non-control) characters. Expected results: Control characters act as expected. Additional info: Can reproduce using Xnest instead of vnc.
I found some odd behaviour. I have this problem if I run vncviewer normally from my workstation. Last night I ssh'ed from my home machine which runs fedora core 1 to my work machine which is running fedora core bleeding edge. From the bleeding edge machine, I ran vncviewer. I was shocked that control characters worked as expected! But, this doesn't work if ssh from the bleeding edge desktop, and pop up a VNC viewer. Nor does it work if I just pop up a vncviewer from the bleeding edge desktop. As I mentionned before, this also affects Xnest (is why I clasified it as an X11 bug).
Since this bugzilla report was filed, there have been several major updates to the X Window System, which may resolve this issue. Users who have experienced this problem are encouraged to upgrade to the latest version of Fedora Core, which can be obtained from: http://fedora.redhat.com/download If this issue turns out to still be reproduceable in the latest version of Fedora Core, please file a bug report in the X.Org bugzilla located at http://bugs.freedesktop.org in the "xorg" component. Once you've filed your bug report to X.Org, if you paste the new bug URL here, Red Hat will continue to track the issue in the centralized X.Org bug tracker, and will review any bug fixes that become available for consideration in future updates.
I added bug 1609 to freedesktop.org
Thanks for the X.Org bug number. We'll track this in the X.Org bug tracker now, and review any fixes which become available for consideration in future updates. Setting status to "UPSTREAM" for tracking.