PgUp and PgDn get mapped to different keys on the server

[vchudnov]

Describe the bug The PgUp key gets interpreted as /, and the PgDn key gets interpreted as Menu on the Xpra server.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. server command
2. client command: xpra start --ssh="ssh -x -C " --keyboard-sync=no --opengl=no --keyboard-layout=us --title="@client-machine@: @title@" ssh://${USER}@${REMOTE}/100 --start=xfce4-terminal
3. specific action to trigger the bug: Press PgUp and PgDown on an Xpra window. The former becomes a slash /, the latter becomes a Menu-key press. They work fine on my local machine.

System Information (please complete the following information):

• Server OS: Debian 6.6.15
• Client OS: Debian
• Xpra Server Version v5.0.9-r0
• Xpra Client Version v5.0.9-r0

Additional context

I have a standard 104-key US keyboard, and I don't specify any keyboard mappings.

It seems that the xpra server interprets the same keycode as the my client machine, but translates it to a different keysym. Compare the output of xev on both machines:

• local machine

     KeyPress event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x3800001,
        root 0x43c, subw 0x0, time 313163514, (109,97), root:(2580,1602),
        state 0x0, keycode 112 (keysym 0xff55, Prior), same_screen YES,
        XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
        XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
        XFilterEvent returns: False
  
    KeyRelease event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x3800001,
        root 0x43c, subw 0x0, time 313163686, (109,97), root:(2580,1602),
        state 0x0, keycode 112 (keysym 0xff55, Prior), same_screen YES,
        XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
        XFilterEvent returns: False
  
    KeyPress event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x3800001,
        root 0x43c, subw 0x0, time 313164314, (109,97), root:(2580,1602),
        state 0x0, keycode 117 (keysym 0xff56, Next), same_screen YES,
        XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
        XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
        XFilterEvent returns: False
  
    KeyRelease event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x3800001,
        root 0x43c, subw 0x0, time 313164477, (109,97), root:(2580,1602),
        state 0x0, keycode 117 (keysym 0xff56, Next), same_screen YES,
        XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
        XFilterEvent returns: False

• xpra server

    KeyPress event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x1200001,
        root 0x50d, subw 0x1200002, time 145801759, (33,58), root:(3464,566),
        state 0x0, keycode 112 (keysym 0xffaf, KP_Divide), same_screen YES,
        XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (2f) "/"
        XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (2f) "/"
        XFilterEvent returns: False
  
    KeyRelease event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x1200001,
        root 0x50d, subw 0x1200002, time 145801912, (33,58), root:(3464,566),
        state 0x0, keycode 112 (keysym 0xffaf, KP_Divide), same_screen YES,
        XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (2f) "/"
        XFilterEvent returns: False
  
    KeyPress event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x1200001,
        root 0x50d, subw 0x1200002, time 145803385, (33,58), root:(3464,566),
        state 0x0, keycode 117 (keysym 0xff67, Menu), same_screen YES,
        XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
        XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
        XFilterEvent returns: False
  
    KeyRelease event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x1200001,
        root 0x50d, subw 0x1200002, time 145803548, (33,58), root:(3464,566),
        state 0x0, keycode 117 (keysym 0xff67, Menu), same_screen YES,
        XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
        XFilterEvent returns: False
  

[totaam]

Server OS: Debian 6.1.94-1

Are you sure this is correct?

Why do you need to specify --keyboard-sync=no --opengl=no --keyboard-layout=us?

Have you tried --keyboard-raw=yes?

[vchudnov]

Server OS: Debian 6.1.94-1

Are you sure this is correct?

Sorry, fixed it.

Why do you need to specify --keyboard-sync=no --opengl=no --keyboard-layout=us?

I tried it with both settings for both of the keyboard flags. This was my latest incantation.

Have you tried --keyboard-raw=yes?

Yes, I did after I filed this issue. Same symptoms.

[totaam]

Sorry, fixed it.

No, this looks like a kernel version, not an OS version: Server OS: Debian 6.6.15

[vchudnov]

Sorry, fixed it.

No, this looks like a kernel version, not an OS version: Server OS: Debian 6.6.15

Debian Bookworm on both client and server.

[vchudnov]

Symptoms persist without any of --keyboard-sync=no --opengl=no --keyboard-layout=us

Symptoms are worse with xpra attach --ssh="ssh -x -C " --keyboard-raw=yes --title="@client-machine@: @title@" ssh://XXX@YYY/100: the arrow keys get remapped as well. UpArrow becomes Print

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[totaam]

Please post the client output, which contains keyboard detection information. As well as the server log.

[vchudnov]

I finally had a chance to re-install the client-machine xpra (due to external constraints, it's not quite a standard install), and now everything seems to be working---or at least, I'm not seeing this problem any more.