How can I get auto-completion working via xrdp?

Question

I wanted to connect via xrdp from my windows 8.1 machine to my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64 Bit Server . It works fine now, big fun. The only Problem I experienced is that when I want to use autocomplete via TAB it does show anything. But if I use Shift and TAB it's working. The Problem is only present under xrdp. Autocomplete is working fine via ssh and on a local screen.

I tried to alter the layout in /etc/xrdp/km-0409.ini (Im sure it's the right file because I'm using a german keyboardlayout). This didn't help anyway.

Command I used: sudo xrdp-genkeymap /etc/xrdp/km-0409.ini

setxkbmap de does not work either via xrdp. It says that this feature is not available via xrdp.

I also edited the: xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts.xml file and changed

"property name=”<Super>Tab” type=”string” value=”switch_window_key”/"

to

"property name=”<Super>Tab” type=”empty”/".

Is autocomplete even available via xrdp? Is it customizable?

I'm looking forward to an answer.

Answer 1

If you are using a german keyboardlayout, then the right file with your keyboard mapping is km-0407.ini, so use it:

sudo xrdp-genkeymap /etc/xrdp/km-0407.ini

Check the doc here. Still, in the best case scenario, this will only change your keyboard layout. This won't solve the auto-completion issues.