keystroke spewage

[Brian Auld]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com 
> [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Brian Auld
> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 7:59 AM
> To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: RE: keystroke spewage
> 
> For clarification, when you say "VNC X desktop", are you 
> referring to the VNC client or VNC server side?  I did browse 
> through my options on the VNC client side and do not recall 
> seeing anything re: keyboard repeat.

<--- some time after below --->
Ok, I disabled the "Key presses repeat when key is held down" button in
the gnome->Preferences->Keyboard window.  We'll see if this does the
trick.  I'm actually in the office today, so I'll have to wait until I'm
remote to see if it works.

<--- some time prior to above --->
This looks like it might be related.

http://www.realvnc.com/products/enterprise/4.1/known-bugs.html 

Of course, the instructions don't apply to a gnome desktop, so now I
have to figure out how to map the fix to a gnome desktop environment.

> 
> Thanks,
> Brian  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Weatherall [mailto:jnw "at" realvnc.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 4:12 AM
> To: Brian Auld; vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: RE: keystroke spewage
> 
> Brian,
> 
> It sounds like your VNC X desktop has keyboard repeat enabled 
> - you should disable this in order to avoid "spewage".
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com
> > [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Brian Auld
> > Sent: 16 August 2006 01:41
> > To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> > Subject: keystroke spewage
> > 
> > I am new to using VNC and am having a frustrating problem with 
> > keystroke spewage.  While connected to my remote app, I'll type a 
> > keystroke and it will ultimately be echoed to my 
> application multiple 
> > times.
> > My setup is
> > as follows:
> > 
> > Environment
> > -----------
> > Client: VNC4.1.2 on winxp sp2
> > Network: Internet - VPN client (cisco 4.0.5)
> > Server: Fedora 3 running vnc server provided with distro 
> > (vnc-server-4.0-8).
> > Remote app: emacs (emacs-21.3-17).  This is what I always use, but 
> > I've also seen spewage in xterms etc...
> > 
> > I googled for 'keystroke repeated vnc' etc... and various 
> permutations
> 
> > and combinations of similar english text and did not find anything 
> > useful.
> > 
> > Any history on this or solution would be appreciated.
> > 
> > VNC aside, I've used the same setup to run other apps via 
> vpn and have
> 
> > not seen this problem.  If keystrokes are sent 1 character 
> at a time 
> > over the network, it almost seems like the vnc client app 
> is resending
> 
> > the packet for a given keystroke because it perceives the 
> prior packet
> > (keystroke) to have been dropped ... when in fact they all 
> arrive and 
> > barf all over my screen.  This problem is intermittent, so network 
> > latency could very well be a large contributing factor.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Brian Auld
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