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Bug 324801 - Vino (vnc) + StickyKeys causes keyboard hangups
Vino (vnc) + StickyKeys causes keyboard hangups
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Product: vino
Classification: Applications
Component: Server
2.13.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Vino Maintainer(s)
Vino Maintainer(s)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-12-22 13:22 UTC by Daniel Holbach
Modified: 2008-03-27 17:48 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description Daniel Holbach 2005-12-22 13:22:46 UTC
Forwarded from http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=20739

If you access a machine running a vnc server such as vino which is has the Gnome
keyboard feature 'SkickyKeys' enabled, you get serious lock-ups, like not being
able to type things into a terminal. The Mouse seems to react poorly as well.
Switching off StickyKeys resolves the problem.

If you are a user of sticky keys, you generally shouldn't need to run it on the
remote machine (but rather on the local one where you have the vnc client). The
issue was discovered when trying to test GOK accross a vnc connection. GOK
switches on SkickyKeys by default (which I consider to be a GOK useability
issue, which I'll report elsewhere).

I logged this bug under 'vino' but it might of course be a StickyKeys bug (what
package is that in?)

This was tested on breezy.

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No it does not happen when you use the machine directly. Even when
both StickyKeys and vino are enabled everything seems to behave itself. It's
first when to start sending inputs from the remote machine that keys get stuck
when they shouldn't.
Comment 1 Daniel Holbach 2006-12-22 19:39:34 UTC
The URL is now: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/vino/+bug/26827 - happening in Dapper also, bumping version (2.14.x)
Comment 2 Jonh Wendell 2007-10-19 14:54:29 UTC
Hi.

Could you try on latest vino/GNOME?

I've tried in my box and everything worked as expected.
Comment 3 Henrik Nilsen Omma 2008-03-27 14:46:25 UTC
I've actually not seen this for a while. I think you can close the bug. (I was the original reporter in Ubuntu and I'm closing it there too).
Comment 4 Jonh Wendell 2008-03-27 17:48:15 UTC
OK then.