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Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Talk => Topic started by: Griminess0323 on October 19, 2012, 03:21:32 PM

Title: Remmina 0.9.3 - Keyboard Issues [SOLVED]
Post by: Griminess0323 on October 19, 2012, 03:21:32 PM

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.

Title: Re: Remmina 0.9.3 - Keyboard Issues
Post by: Rich on October 19, 2012, 04:23:25 PM

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.

Title: Re: Remmina 0.9.3 - Keyboard Issues
Post by: Griminess0323 on October 19, 2012, 07:40:05 PM

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.

Title: Re: Remmina 0.9.3 - Keyboard Issues
Post by: Rich on October 19, 2012, 10:27:24 PM

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.

Title: Re: Remmina 0.9.3 - Keyboard Issues
Post by: Griminess0323 on October 22, 2012, 06:47:53 AM

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.

Title: Re: Remmina 0.9.3 - Keyboard Issues [SOLVED]
Post by: Rich on October 22, 2012, 08:49:27 AM

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