Keyboard Language Preference (Fedora Linux Clients)

Because the Sun JRE on Linux has problems generating the correct KeyEvents for foreign-language keyboards configured using System Preferences, Raritan recommends that you configure foreign keyboards using the methods described in the following table.

Note: The Keyboard Indicator should be used on Linux systems using Gnome as a desktop environment.

When using a Hungarian keyboard from a Linux client, the Latin letter U with Double Acute and the Latin letter O with Double Acute work only with JRE 1.6.

There are several methods that can be used to set the keyboard language preference on Fedora Linux clients. The following method must be used in order for the keys to be mapped correctly from the Virtual KVM Client and the Multi-Platform Client (MPC).

To set the keyboard language using System Settings:

1. From the toolbar, choose System > Preferences > Keyboard.
2. Open the Layouts tab.
3. Add or select the appropriate language.
4. Click Close.

To set the keyboard language using the Keyboard Indicator:

1. Right-click the Task Bar and choose Add to Panel.
2. In the Add to Panel dialog, right-click the Keyboard Indicator and from the menu choose Open Keyboard Preferences.
3. In the Keyboard Preferences dialog, click the Layouts tab.
4. Add and remove languages as necessary.