Getting FreeNX client to work on Mac OS again.

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Published on 2010-05-30T20:36:21Z Indexed on 2010/05/30 20:43 UTC
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This problem is not uncommon, but I have not seen a solution that would work for me.

Keyboard mapping is completely screwed up - e.g. typing 'damn it' gives me '1cxngw'. All machines have QWERTY keyboards and are set up to use US.

[Client] Mac OS version: Version: 10.5.8, Build: 9L30
[Client] Kernel version
uname -a
Darwin <comp name> 9.8.0 Darwin Kernel Version 9.8.0: Wed Jul 15 16:55:01 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1228.15.4~1/RELEASE_I386 i386
[Client] FreeNX Client version: 3.4.0-8
[Client] MacPorts version: MacPorts 1.8.2
[Client] The X Windows System: XQuartz 2.5.0 (xorg-server 1.7.6)

[Server] OS: Ubuntu 9.04
[Server] Kernel: 
uname -a
Linux <comp.name> 2.6.28-18-generic #60-Ubuntu SMP <date> x86_64 GNU/Linux
[Server] Other info: please ask for it but do tell me how to query/look for it.

Thanks!

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