If switching between those two layouts within the RDP session yields different key behavior, then those layouts are definitely not identical.
You are seeing different behavior for certain characters because the series of scancodes for typing those characters on an English keyboard is interpreted differently by Windows if you tell it you have a Russian keyboard. The keyboard layout within the connection parameters must match the keyboard layout within RDP for scancode translation to work. If your connection is set to "en-us-qwerty", then you must select the English US layout in the RDP session. You cannot set the connection to layout X and the RDP server to layout Y and have that work. It will cause Guacamole to send the wrong inputs. - Mike On Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 10:11 Roman <[email protected]> wrote: > I use Guacamole 1.0 on Ubuntu 16.04, and two Win 10 PCs, with two > absolutely identical layouts: "EN US" and "RU". > > English layout works well, but when I switch to Russian layout almost all > signs work incorrectly, but letters work normally. > > In connection settings I have En -Us (QWERTY) layout > https://i.imgur.com/10oKTI7.png > > > 31.12.2019, 20:34, "Mike Jumper" <[email protected]>: > > The characters typed will be the characters you type locally. Guacamole > will translate as needed, using Unicode only where the remote end lacks a > character (such as "ю"). If you wish to type a period, you will need to > press whichever keys are used to type a period on your local keyboard > layout. Guacamole will automatically turn those keypresses into the > keypresses required by the RDP server. > > You should also make sure that the remote keyboard layout is set to match > the layout chosen in your connection parameters. It doesn't need match your > local layout, but it absolutely must your remote layout so Guacamole knows > how your RDP server will be interpreting scancodes. The scancodes sent will > be incorrect if this is not the case, resulting in behavior like you > describe. > > As long as the connection parameter and your RDP server's layout match, > everything should just be seamless. > > - Mike > > On Mon, Dec 30, 2019, 23:38 Roman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks very much for your answer, yes it works but unfortunately some > signs doesn't match when I use RU layout, for example instead of period > sign I got Russian letter "ю". > All signs match only if I set Unicode layout but in that way I can't send > keyboard shortcuts. > > > 30.12.2019, 21:17, "Mike Jumper" <[email protected]>: > > On Mon, Dec 30, 2019, 00:04 Rom@n <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, guys! > > I’m using Unicode layout and can’t break ping process of windows CMD. > > If I switch to English layout, I can do the break. > > But Russian layout isn’t present in Guacamole. > > Is there any workaround ? > > > Yes: set the keyboard layout within the RDP session to one of the > currently-supported layouts and select that layout in the connection > parameters. > > Guacamole will automatically use Unicode events for any characters not > present in the layout, like Russian characters, but will use normal key > events for any characters present in the server layout (Ctrl-C, etc. will > work). > > https://guacamole.apache.org/faq/#does-guacamole-support-my-keyboard-layout > > Don't use the Unicode failsafe layout - all that will do is force > Guacamole to use Unicode events for all keys, which will break keyboard > shortcuts. Selecting any other keyboard layout will allow Guacamole to send > proper key events, resorting to Unicode only for unknown keys, in this case > keys which type Russian characters. > > - Mike > > > > >
