Fixing Remmina typing issues by remapping keys

Remmina is great software for connecting remotely. However, used with xrdp and XVnc there may be some issues with typing and mapping keys. Here is a possible workaround…

Introduction

I use a german keyboard layout together with Debian 12, xrdp and xvnc and as client Remmina. With these tools, everytime I hold the right shift key and type something, it activates caps lock and all further typing is screwed, until I hit the right shift key again.

Workaround

After some research I found out that it is possible to remap keys in [Remmina] via input field .

So my simple workaround is just mapping the right shift key (Shift_R) to the left one. That’s it.

The remapping config looks like this:

0x36=0x2a

where 0x36 is Shift_R and 0x2a is Shift_L - for a full mapping overview see this page .