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.
Language |
Configuration method |
---|---|
US Intl |
Default |
UK |
System Settings (Control Center) |
French |
Keyboard Indicator |
German |
Keyboard Indicator |
Hungarian |
System Settings (Control Center) |
Spanish |
System Settings (Control Center) |
Swiss-German |
System Settings (Control Center) |
Norwegian |
Keyboard Indicator |
Swedish |
Keyboard Indicator |
Danish |
Keyboard Indicator |
Japanese |
System Settings (Control Center) |
Korean |
System Settings (Control Center) |
Slovenian |
System Settings (Control Center) |
Italian |
System Settings (Control Center) |
Portuguese |
System Settings (Control Center) |
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 (and later).
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 (VKC).