Remmina 0.9.3 - Keyboard Issues [SOLVED]

[Griminess0323]

I'm trying to use TinyCore 4.6.2 as a Thin Client to connect to our Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2 and 2012 RD Hosts. However, I have a small issue with the current Remmina 0.9.3 extension.

When connected to a Remote Desktop session, the backslash key [ \ ] does not work (i.e. nothing is typed on screen when the key is pressed) and the [ END ] and [ PAGE DOWN ] keys are mapped to the "super" key and the context menu, respectively.

Has anyone else experienced this behavior and is there a fix? I know Remmina 1.0 has been released, but I'm so much a novice that I do not know how to create custom extensions yet.

[Rich]

Hi ehlodex
I run FreeRDP ver1.0 to access some server 2008 R2 machines. While running under Xvesa, I could not copy and
paste between linux and the remote desktop, switching to Xorg fixed that. Some other users have reported keyboard
problems running RDP under Xvesa. As I recall, changing to Xorg helped them. If you are looking to connect using
Network Level Authorization, FreeRDP ver1.0 is the only package I'm aware of that's capable of that.

[Griminess0323]

Thanks for the quick reply, Rich. I'll try Xorg first; I'm honestly not familiar enough with anything else to support it on my network. I'll post back with how things go with both Xorg and FreeRDP.

The direction is greatly appreciated.

[Rich]

Hi ehlodex
If it's of interest, I use this short script to connect to my servers:

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#!/bin/sh
xfreerdp -u Rich -p Password --plugin cliprdr --plugin rdpdr --data disk:msrb:/home/tc/msrbcusips/templates -- 70.104.175.62 &
xfreerdp -u Rich -p Password --plugin cliprdr --plugin rdpdr --data disk:msrb:/home/tc/msrbcusips/templates -- 96.239.27.142 & I can copy/paste text between the two remote desktops as well as my local machine. The  --data disk:  part of the
command maps my local  /home/tc/msrbcusips/templates  directory to the remote machines under the name
msrb, allowing me to copy/paste files.

[Griminess0323]

For those of you looking for the solution...

When I started using Xorg, all of the keyboard issues went away. Directions are here:
http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/wiki:using_xorg_over_xvesa

Thank you, Rich, for getting a total novice moving in the right direction. I probably would have never figured it out without your guidance. Your support and interaction in this forum is greatly appreciated.

[Rich]

Hi ehlodex
You are welcome. Glad to hear you got it working.