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gnome-flashback package

Non-US keyboard map gets obfuscated in remote desktop session, when using gnome-flashback in Ubuntu 18.04

Bug #1767779 reported by antonaid
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gnome-flashback (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

1. Clean install of Ubuntu 18.04LTS desktop on my server.
2. Activated Ubuntu's built in remote desktop sharing and it works without any problems.
3. Installed GNOME-flashback 3.28.0-1ubuntu1 along with the dependencies, and when switching to GNOME-flashback session the keyboard map is obfuscated. Key-map is set to Swedish.
When accessing the computer locally the keyboard works as it should. Switching back to normal GNOME the remote session works as it should.
4.The key-map is not a normal key-map. The standard letters and numbers are correct. Swedish unique letters and the signs like -/´§_( are on the wrong keys or missing completely. AltGR key is not recognized either.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: gnome-flashback 3.28.0-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback:GNOME
Date: Sun Apr 29 11:17:46 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-28 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
SourcePackage: gnome-flashback
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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antonaid (antonaid) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gnome-flashback (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Alberts Muktupāvels (muktupavels) wrote :

Could you try to improve bug? With better steps how to reproduce this bug. Especially input source / keymap part so I can try to reproduce this. Which input source should I add, what keys should I try, actual and expected results... How do I type Swedish unique letters?

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antonaid (antonaid) wrote : Re: [Bug 1767779] Re: Non-US keyboard map gets obfuscated in remote desktop session, when using gnome-flashback in Ubuntu 18.04

Hi, below here I added each keymap, the standard, with shift and altgr
for both the standard gnome that works fine, and for the gnome
flashback. I substituted dead keys with X for the flashback session,
then you can just compare it the the normal keymap. You will see that
the international letters, and the numbers are in the right place. But
the unique keys are randomly scattered, while some of the symbols have
the posistion of the US keyboard layout.

--IN GNOME SESSION OVER REMOTE DESKTOP--
NORMAL
§1234567890+´
qwertyuiopå¨
asdfghjklöä'
<zxcvbnm,.-

NORMAL+SHIFT
½!"#¤%&/()=?`
QWERTYUIOPÅ^
ASDFGHJKLÖÄ*
>ZXCVBNM;:_

NORMAL+AltGr ##most keys does not have a altgr binding, hence it just
produces the standard key.
§1@£$6{[]}\´
qwertyuiopå~
asdfghjklöä'
|zxcvbnµ,.-

##Everything okay!

--IN GNOME-FLASHBACK SESSION OVER REMOTE DESKTOP--
##substituted deadkeys with X.
NORMAL
X1234567890`X
qwertyuiopXX
asdfghjklXXä
<zxcvbnm,.+

NORMAL+SHIFT
X!Ä#X%/-()´_§
QWERTYUIOPX&
ASDFGHJKLXX(
:ZXCVBNMöÖ? ## X in this row is the normal X.

NORMAL+AltGr
X1"X¤X6Åå¨^'X
qwXrtyuiopX½
asdfghjklXXä
*zxcvbnX,.+

Den 2018-04-30 kl. 14:38, skrev Alberts Muktupāvels:
> Could you try to improve bug? With better steps how to reproduce this
> bug. Especially input source / keymap part so I can try to reproduce
> this. Which input source should I add, what keys should I try, actual
> and expected results... How do I type Swedish unique letters?
>

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Alberts Muktupāvels (muktupavels) wrote :

Can you post output of `setxkbmap -query` for normal and remote desktop? Also might be good idea to report bug upstream - https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-flashback/issues, I don't think this is Ubuntu specific bug.

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antonaid (antonaid) wrote :

`setxkbmap -query` gives the following output:

rules: evdev
model: pc105
layout: se,us,us
variant: ,,
options: grp:caps_toggle,grp_led:scroll

However, it seems like this issue is resolved by itself. Have been away from the office this summer and only connected to the servers via SSH. Now it works for me.

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