I discovered that this work-around resolves the problem for a given NX session. From inside a terminal session on the remote desktop issue the following command: setxkbmap -model evdev -layout us Where >us< is whatever keyboard layout you wish to use. -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3