xev found the problem with the control keys: control is seen as ALT, CMD (apple key) is seen as control. Thanks for the tip.
setxkbmap -print is indeed empty on the server. Best, S On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 12:48 AM, Antoine Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > On 26/04/16 03:58, Stephen Fromm wrote: > > I'm trying to connect to a headless Centos 6.7 server. I installed xpra > on > > the server and on my Macbook Pro. > Which versions? > > > I'm able to get an xterm running, but the font is too small, > Font too small is usually because of an unpatched xorg dummy driver, for > more details see: > http://xpra.org/trac/wiki/DPI > > and control characters don't work. > What are those specifically? > Make sure "control-command" are or aren't swapped, depending on your > expectations (see apple menu entry toggle or command line option). > If that doesn't help, try xev in an xpra session to verify we are > sending the right key events. > > > In addition, the data structure returned by > > "setxkbmap -print" is empty. > That is not needed on the OSX client, which does not use X11. > It should never be empty on the server. > > Cheers > Antoine > > > Suggestions? > > > > TIA, > > > > S > > _______________________________________________ > > shifter-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.devloop.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/shifter-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > shifter-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.devloop.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/shifter-users > _______________________________________________ shifter-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.devloop.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/shifter-users
