Identical keycode 49 sent to NX server for different keys on my keyboard

[zedi691]

Hi,
I’m using NoMachine on Mac with a Germany keyboard layout
Key code app reports these keycodes when using ^:

10 / 0xa,   char: ^
50 / 0x32.  , char <.   or    char | when pressed together with cmd key

on the server I’m check which keycodes arrive:

^:

KeyRelease event, serial 44, synthetic NO, window 0x2a00001,

root 0xf2, subw 0x0, time 3339982390, (-234,-294), root:(1675,661),

state 0x0, keycode 49 (keysym 0xfe52, dead_circumflex), same_screen YES,

XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (5e) “^”

XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 44, synthetic NO, window 0x2a00001,

root 0xf2, subw 0x0, time 3340034238, (60,-16), root:(1969,939),

state 0x0, keycode 49 (keysym 0xfe52, dead_circumflex), same_screen YES,

XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (5e) “^”

XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:

XFilterEvent returns: True

 

so, in both cased I’m getting keycode 49.

That is my environment:

pvxg0068:/usr/share/X11/xkb/keycodes> setxkbmap -query -v 10

Setting verbose level to 10

locale is C

Trying to load rules file ./rules/evdev…

Trying to load rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev…

Success.

Applied rules from evdev:

rules:      evdev

model:      evdev

layout:     de

Trying to build keymap using the following components:

keycodes:   evdev+aliases(qwertz)

types:      complete

compat:     complete

symbols:    pc+de+inet(evdev)+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp)

geometry:   pc(pc104)

rules:      evdev

model:      evdev

layout:     de

Can anybody show me, what has to be chage to get <,> and |  (bar)  working ?

[Britgirl]

Hi, I’m assuming you have the latest NoMachine packages on both sides, player and server. An issue on Mac and related to external keyboards was fixed a few releases ago.

You can read more about it here:

Some keys are not correctly mapped on a Macbook external keyboard
https://kb.nomachine.com/TR02V11091

If you are experiencing the issue on an external keyboard, the workaround is to change the following key in the player.cfg: <option key="Ignore the keyboard physical layout" value="true" />. Exit the player first, make the change, save and then reopen the player and start your connection.

[zedi691]

Hi
i’ve done this:

/Applications/NoMachine.app/Contents/Frameworks

user@KHKYQWYP29 Frameworks % cat ./scripts/etc/localhost/player.cfg

######################################################################

#                                                                    #

#  Copyright (c) 2010, 2025 NoMachine, http://www.nomachine.com.     #

#                                                                    #

#  All rights reserved.                                              #

#                                                                    #

######################################################################

#

# Specify the path of base directory where the NX software has been

# installed.

#

PlayerRoot = “/Applications/NoMachine.app/Contents/Frameworks”

Restarted nx client on my mac

But no effect at all.

Both keys ^° and <>|  are sending sending keycode 49 (reported by xev)

on my mac locally, the keycodes are (catches with key codes app):
10/0xa for ^ and 50/0x32 for < here everything works as expected.

[Britgirl]

It’s not clear whether you made the change to the player.cfg that was requested. On the Mac you are connecting from, look for the cfg file in .nx/config in your home directory. It’s not in the path of the application.

Also confirm if you are using an external keyboard.

[zedi691]

That finally solved the issue with my external keyboard
keya ^°   and <>|  are correctly assigned.

Thx for your help

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