Bug 188169 - "locate pointer" mouse preference interferes with vncviewer's ctrl keys
Summary: "locate pointer" mouse preference interferes with vncviewer's ctrl keys
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: vnc
Version: 5
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Adam Tkac
QA Contact: David Lawrence
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 183401 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-04-06 17:02 UTC by Robert Peterson
Modified: 2013-04-30 23:33 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2006-10-18 08:05:56 UTC
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locate pointer preference doesn't interfere ctrl key in vncviewer now (1.13 KB, patch)
2006-08-29 13:30 UTC, Adam Tkac
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Description Robert Peterson 2006-04-06 17:02:27 UTC
Description of problem:
If you turn on the "Locate Pointer" feature in mouse preferences, it
will cause vnc viewer sessions to interpret control keys as non-control
keys.  So pressing "ctrl-c" in a terminal window, will produce the
letter "c".  Ctrl-X in xemacs will produce the letter "x" in the editor,
and so forth.

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Desktop -> Preferences -> Mouse
2. Select the "Cursors" tab
3. Check the "Locate Pointer" checkbox.
4. Go into vncviewer, control a remote session
5. Open a terminal session and at the command prompt, press ctrl-c.  

Actual results:
The command prompt gives you a "c".  For example, you'll see:
[root@void ~]# c

Expected results:
Another prompt should appear.  For example, you should see:
[root@void ~]#
[root@void ~]#

Comment 1 Jitka Kozana 2006-07-17 08:00:14 UTC
*** Bug 183401 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Adam Tkac 2006-08-29 13:30:17 UTC
Created attachment 135127 [details]
locate pointer preference doesn't interfere ctrl key in vncviewer now

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2006-10-20 19:25:32 UTC
vnc-4.1.2-4.fc7 has been pushed for fc5, which should resolve this issue.  If these problems are still present in this version, then please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 4 Adam Tkac 2006-10-24 07:39:38 UTC
oops, sorry for comment #3. vnc-4.1.2-4.fc6 has been pushed for fc6

Comment 5 Adam Tkac 2007-04-23 14:43:53 UTC
After next problems related to this I have to remove this patch and close this
like WONTFIX

Regards, -A-


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