rdesktop some keyboard keys not not working

[jan....@gmail.com]

Hi,

I observed strange behavior of rdesktop to W2k8: sometimes keyboard letters stop working. It happens mostly in firefox, but shortcuts, backspace, functional keys are still ok. Yesterday I noticed I can't push c,v,h although I was able to press C,V,H.

From windows remote desktop, there is no such problem.
Remmina has same behavior.

Nor restarting firefox nor reconnect with rdesktop doesn't help. The only thing which helped was rebooting windows and after that it was working for a while.

What the hell is going on here?

Thank you very much for help.

[Robin Schneider]

Not sure if this is related to Qubes OS. I have used both rdesktop and FreeRDP
(used by Remmina) on a bare metal Debian Jessie/testing/unstable system and had
similar problems. Especially rdesktop had massive problems with my keyboard
layout (https://github.com/ypid/dotfiles/tree/master/xkb) but also with the
normal qwertz layout. After a rdesktop session was established for some time or
after switching windows some groups or character (like upper case if I remember
correctly) could not be entered. Entering characters like "\" was also a
hassle in rdesktop. After switching to FreeRDP it got much better. Not sure why
but I had
also issues with Remmina so I use the cli programm xfreerdp like this `xfreerdp
"/v:$hostname" "/u:$username" "/p:$password" +clipboard /kbd:0x00000407`. You
did not mention in which template VM you use Remmina? If you still have
problems you can try compiling FreeRDP yourself:
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/wiki/Compilation

I tested this (both the version in Debian Jessie and master) against a number
of M$ workstation and server products and it works for me.

BTW: If you have such problems try logout
and login instead of reboot. That shout usually be sufficient.

--
Live long and prosper
Robin `ypid` Schneider

[jan....@gmail.com]

Dňa utorok, 20. októbra 2015 7:31:38 UTC+2 jan....@gmail.com napísal(-a):

Finally found the solution:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/GBuxA5fbFMQ
http://jamesisin.com/a_high-tech_blech/index.php/2008/03/keyboard-input-ignored-for-c-h-t-and-v-keys-in-specific-applications-only/