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VNC connection with arabic keyboard layout

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jan
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Joined: 2015-12-16 11:57

VNC connection with arabic keyboard layout

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I am using vinagre for a VNC connection from my host computer with Ubuntu 14.04 to a remote computer with Windows 7 and the latest UltraVNC server. The keyboard layout on my host is arabic, the layout on the remote is english. When I try to write something in WordPad via vinagre everything is printed but letters. If I switch the layout on my host to english then everything works fine. Changing the layout of the remote to arabic will result in arabic letters via vinagre. But if I also change the host to arabic again, no letters will be shown.

In a nutshell:

Case 1: Host (arabic), Remote (english)
No letters can be typed via VNC

Case 2: Host (arabic), Remote (arabic)
No letters can be typed via VNC

Case 3: Host (english), Remote (english)
Latin letters can be typed via VNC

Case 4: Host (english), Remote (arabic)
Arabic letters can be typed via VNC

Obviously the keycodes seem to be misinterpreted on the remote side with UltraVNC server on Windows 7. Is there any way to fix this?

This only seems to be an UltraVNC server issue. With RealVNC it works as expected. Only the keyboard layout of the host system does matter, independently of the layout set on the remote. If the host is set to arabic I am able to print arabic letters, if it is set to english I am able to print latin letters. TightVNC also works like a charm.
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