Bug #2832 - When I press the space key on Mac appears a letter is typed

Status:

Accepted

Priority:

High

Assignee:

None

Category:

None

Target:

None

Found:

1.3.6

Created by:

Angel Gomez

Created on:

27 Feb 2011 12:32

Updated by:

Nick Bolton

Updated on:

20 Jul 2012 19:52

Platform:

Mac OS X

Google ID:

None

Redmine ID:

2875

Duplicated by: Bug #282 - Spacebar does not work properly
Duplicated by: Bug #359 - Client Mac OSX Snow Leopard, keyboard issues
Duplicated by: Bug #3051 - Spacebar sends META+SHIFT+z to client
Duplicated by: Support #3052 - Spacebar mapped to META+SHIFT+z
Duplicated by: Support #3129 - Mac OSX Client, spacebar doesnt work
Duplicated by: Support #3217 - Keyboard problems on Windows 8
Duplicated by: Support #3257 - Space key not working. linux server and mac client

Steps to reproduce:

Press space key in mac osx
Appears instead of the spacebar appears the key "s"

Expected: space
Actual: s

Versions (Synergy, OS):

Server: Windows 7 x64
Client 1: Mac OSX 10.6.6

27 Feb 2011 12:33: Angel Gomez wrote a comment.

Synergy 1.4.2

28 Feb 2011 18:29: Jorge Moratilla wrote a comment.

Same environment, synergy version is 1.3.6 (latest stable at 28th feb 2011).

Same behaviour. When key space is pressed, letter 's' appears in client (osx) instead of space char. Right Shift doesn't work.

1 Mar 2011 17:44: ariel vb wrote a comment.

Space ' ' is mapped as 's', is impossible to write a sentence.

Server: ubuntu 10.10 - synergy 1.3.6
Client: macosx 10.6.6 - synergy 1.3.4 and also tested with synergy 1.4.2

1 May 2011 11:15: Nick Bolton changed Tracker.

Support Bug

1 May 2011 11:15: Nick Bolton changed Found in ver.

1.3.6

1 May 2011 11:15: Nick Bolton changed Platform.

Mac OS X

9 May 2011 13:23: Nick Bolton changed Status.

New Accepted

6 Jul 2012 12:02: Iván Marí wrote a comment.

Server Windows 7 - Client Mac OSX 10.7 -> Space is mapped as "s"... I see that is an old bug... anyone know a way to fix this?, I was trying with hotkeys, but it didn't work :(

6 Jul 2012 12:07: Iván Marí wrote a comment.

Btw using Synergy 1.4.8 :)

Server Windows 7 - Client Mac OSX 10.7 -> Space is mapped as "s"... I see that is an old bug... anyone know a way to fix this?, I was trying with hotkeys, but it didn't work :(

17 Jul 2012 21:22: Nick Bolton changed Priority.

Normal High

20 Jul 2012 19:52: Nick Bolton changed Title.

When I press the space key on Mac appears the key "s" When I press the space key on Mac appears a letter is typed

31 Jul 2012 12:59: Nacho Ruiz wrote a comment.

Same Problem here. Server Windows Xp SP3. Client OSX Mountain Lion

23 Aug 2012 10:51: Jesus Nuñez wrote a comment.

Any news on this issue? This is quite annoying hopefully you can fix this issue asap

31 Aug 2012 15:55: Nito Martinez wrote a comment.

Confirmed the issue with an Ubuntu Precise 12.04 as server and Mac OS X 10.7.4 as client, on both ends with Synergy 1.4.10

As workaround for space I am able to get it with ALT-SHIFT-SPACE, or ALT-SHIFT-S on the linux keyboard.

Hope the workaround helps someone.

3 Sep 2012 11:05: Filip ?apek wrote a comment.

Confirmed.

Server : Windows 7 x86 SP1 Client : Mac OS X 10.8.1

space didnt type space char but letter "f". ALT+SPACE did type space char.

#10

4 Sep 2012 09:25: elhtmlnoexiste elhtmlnoexiste wrote a comment.

As stated by Nito Alt+Shift+Space works. Mapped as follows:

keystroke(Space) = keystroke(Shift+Alt+Space,MAC.local)

This way it will work fine on the mac side but you will have to use Shift+Space on the server side (mine is W764).

Tryed by remapping Space on server to send Shift+Space but fails "WARNING: failed to register hotkey Space (id=0020 mask=0000)"

#11

19 Sep 2012 12:28: Filip ?apek wrote a comment.

Synergy 1.4.10 (server and client)

Server : Windows 7 x86 SP1 Client : Mac OS X 10.8.1

space didnt type space char but letter "f". ALT+SPACE did type space char.

#12

19 Oct 2012 13:54: Filip ?apek wrote a comment.

Synergy 1.4.11-r.1659 (server and client)

Server : Windows 7 x86 SP1 Client : Mac OS X 10.8.2

I try the nightly build 1.4.11-r.1659 and bug still remains.

#13

20 Oct 2012 16:39: Anibal Aguila wrote a comment.

Confirmed. Synergy 1.4.10 (server and client) Server: UBUNTU 12.10 Client: Mac OS X 10.7.4 ¬¬

#14

24 Oct 2012 03:02: UBIEE PowerSolution wrote a comment.

Confirmed using Windows 7 SP1 x64 as server, using a Spanish keyboard layout, with a Macbook Pro running 10.8 as client.

#15

24 Oct 2012 03:03: UBIEE PowerSolution wrote a comment.

A fix for this should be out already!!!!!!!!!!!!

#16

26 Oct 2012 14:11: Filip ?apek wrote a comment.

i try old version of synergy 1.3.1 (Mac) and there space work fine.

Synergy 1.3.1 (Mac client), 1.3.8 (Win server) Server : Windows 7 x86 SP1 Client : Mac OS X 10.8.2

#17

2 Nov 2012 09:19: Pavel Vejnárek wrote a comment.

I have the same problem. The 'f' character appears instead of space, no combination with SHIFT,CTRL,ALT,WIN helps to me.

Server: Debian Testing (Synergy 1.4.10)
Client: Mac OS X 10.7.5 (Synergy 1.4.10)

I can provide more detailed logs if needed, here is keypress event from both server and client.

DEBUG1: send enter to "mac", 1279,389 3 2000
DEBUG1: new mask: 0x2000
DEBUG1: event: KeyPress code=65, state=0x2010
DEBUG1: onKeyDown id=32 mask=0x2000 button=0x0041
DEBUG1: send key down to "mac" id=32, mask=0x2000, button=0x0041
DEBUG1: new mask: 0x2000
DEBUG1: event: KeyRelease code=65, state=0x2010
DEBUG1: onKeyUp id=32 mask=0x2000 button=0x0041
DEBUG1: send key up to "mac" id=32, mask=0x2000, button=0x0041

DEBUG1: recv key down id=0x00000020, mask=0x2000, button=0x0041
DEBUG1: mapKey 0020 (32) with mask 2000, start state: 0000
DEBUG1: find best:  0000 2000
DEBUG1: best key index 0 of 19 (exact)
DEBUG1: found key in group 0
DEBUG1: state: 0000,0000,0000
DEBUG1: flip: 0000 (0000 vs 0000 in 0000 - 0000)
DEBUG1: desired state: 2000 0000,0000,0000
DEBUG1: flip: 0000 (0000 vs 2000 in ffff - 6020)
DEBUG1: mapped to 004, new state 0000
DEBUG1: keystrokes:
DEBUG1:   004 (00000000) down
DEBUG1: recv key up id=0x00000020, mask=0x2000, button=0x0041
DEBUG1: keystrokes:
DEBUG1:   004 (00000000) up

Some fix or workaround would be really appreciated.

#18

27 Nov 2012 17:01: Eduard Pertíñez wrote a comment.

One more having the same error here. kubuntu 12.04 on the server, mac osx 10.8 on the client. Can it be that difficult to arrange?

#19

29 Dec 2012 23:59: Lucio M. Tato wrote a comment.

I have a workaround, with an ugly hack, at least for OS X 10.8 - Macbook Air, and only when the character is 's'

Here's the patched synergyc executable, for version 1.4.10-osx

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/38094408/synergyc

download and replace the same file in /Applications/Synergy.app/Contents/MacOS

patch:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/38094408/patch.txt

#20

10 Jan 2013 21:26: Agustín Casado wrote a comment.

It's not only the problem with the space, the cmd, alt, ctrl and fn the keys don't work as expected or don't work at all.

Client: Mac osx 10.6.8
Server: Mac OSX 10.8.2
Synergy: 1.4.10

#21

13 Jan 2013 19:36: Javier Muñoz wrote a comment.

Synergy Premium is a very very GOOD app, but i have the same problem. We can press ALT+SHIFT+SPACE to get space bar, but is not confortable.

Server: Windows 7 Client: mac os 10.6.8

#22

2 Feb 2013 15:00: Toni Oriol wrote a comment.

Same problem here...

#23

5 Feb 2013 21:39: Francesco Cervellera wrote a comment.

pffff a bug from 27 Feb 2011 still not fixed ...

#24

14 Feb 2013 14:48: Jose Luis Hidalgo wrote a comment.

... same problem here Client: Mac osx 10.8.2 Server: Win7 Synergy: 1.4.10 beta

#25

15 Feb 2013 14:16: Diego Marafetti wrote a comment.

Leaving this bug open makes this software useless. Sorry but is true.

#26

3 Mar 2013 14:31: Maurici Trilla wrote a comment.

The software is great but the bug remaings. Win8 Pro (Server) Mac OSX 10.8.2 (client)

Fix it please.

#27

6 Mar 2013 16:41: Danislav Kostov wrote a comment.

Is this real??? So many years and this still exist... can't belive it... Obviously in the mac os something has changed... please test it and fix it.

#28

12 Mar 2013 04:02: Hernan Coronel wrote a comment.

I have been monitoring this for over a year and I can't believe this does not yet work. Also it does not seem to work with the premium therefore killing any incentive to go in that way. Can anybody confirm?

#29

21 Mar 2013 13:36: Ray Dario Suarez wrote a comment.

Stillshappening,sitssasshamesisn'tsit? I know about the ALT+SHIT+SPACE workaround, but its a pain in the ass. Ishavestheslatestssnightlysbuildssbutsthissbugssissstillmessin'saround!

#30

24 Mar 2013 16:03: B L wrote a comment.

Had the same issue, found a fix by uninstalling synergy on the Win7 computer; Going to registry and deleting the synergy keys (HKCU/Software/Synergy) and reinstalling/reconfiguring. Hope it works for you guys too!

#31

26 Mar 2013 16:38: Paolo Conti wrote a comment.

My solution for this bug is to install as Input source the British layout and select it when using the Mac with Synergy. I simply switch the correct layout when using directly the Mac's keyboard. Make sure to have only the British layout and your real layout (in my case Italian; with more than 2 layouts sometimes the bug remains).

I'm using Synergy 1.4.10 Beta on the server (Kubuntu Linux) and on the client (OSX 10.8.3).

#32

2 Apr 2013 15:47: Gianluca Parmiggiani wrote a comment.

solved by selecting British - PC input source but i had to reboot the mac to fix it. Running synergy-1.4.11-r1693-MacOSX107-x86_64.dmg as a client and synergy-1.4.11-r1704-Windows-x64.exe as server and btw i was getting a "z" instead of a "s" when hitting " " on the windows machine.

#33

10 Apr 2013 16:24: Pablo Di Noto wrote a comment.

Well, I am having the same issue. I get 's' when I press spacebar. None of the workarounds are working for me. Let's see if my humble vote can help here.

Synergy 1.4.10 server on Ubuntu 12.10 (x86_64) Synergy 1.4.10 as client on MacOS 10.7.5

#34

1 May 2013 17:42: Tomas Tamayo wrote a comment.

The same problem. Taping the space bar in the spanish keyboard in my 10.8 macbook pro and the "s" letter is writen down in the 10.8 macmini client screen.

#35

3 May 2013 08:38: Ale Tejera wrote a comment.

#19 solved the problem for me, give it a try. Thanks Lucio :)

Ubuntu 12.04 with Synergy 1.4.11 + Mac OSX 10.8.3 with Synergy 1.4.10

#36

10 May 2013 09:52: Bernardo Riveira wrote a comment.

19 worked ok with Mac OSX 10.7; somebody should try to solve this (spanish keyboard, Win7 server, mac osx 10.7 client)

#37

14 May 2013 09:40: Gianluca Parmiggiani wrote a comment.

HERE IS WORKAROUND:
use version 1.3.4, it works with win7 server and mac osx 10.7 all with italian keyboard
they should reallt fix it

#38

14 May 2013 10:18: Gianluca Parmiggiani wrote a comment.

it stopped working on 1.3.4 too after trying to remap ctrl, meta, super, etc..
it must be a configuration problem i think

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