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Old 03-18-2016, 08:02 AM   #9
whitecoat
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Seems QT config issues can cause this issue

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal View Post
Qt comes with plenty of demo programs, just make sure you are using qt 5.4, which is the version of qt calibre uses.
Been having this same issue of messed up keys running calibre over VNC on a headless docker container when everything else works fine.
And just spotted this thread, exactly the same issue, and in fact had it happen every time I've tried calibre over a vnc.

Just before I found this thread I found this:
https://communities.mentor.com/thread/12344
which indicates that on some platforms users have had and corrected this adjustments to XMODIFIERS environmental variable.
Searching on that for my own platform found this:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2112791
Which indicates QT does this in lots of places if XMODIFIERS misconfigured.
Which brings me back to this thread...

I see from the thread that koviggoyal prefers rsync, for multi-machine set-ups. But I tend to use a portable device over a VPN when I'm out and about. And that is not really conducive to regular file syncs.

There seemed to be a theme around the isue, so I just thought I'd share.
In case anyone else is pursuing this, I'll keep digging.
Anyone know how to configure QT5?
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