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Alt-key does not work from vncserver window

Issues

Alt-key does not work on Mac-keyboard

This may only be a temporary fix, and a Mac-only problem.

  1. Identify the keycode of your alt-key: xev -event keyboard press Alt. This will probably show double events, including Shift_L (probably keycode 50), check the keycode for the other events.

exv -event keyboard

  1. Run xmodmap -e "keycode your_keycode = Alt_L".
  2. To make it automatic when you start your vncserver add it to your .bashrc.

Example:

For some reason I had to change it twice, thus adding the following lines to .bashrc:

xmodmap -e "keycode 64 = Alt_L"

xmodmap -e "keycode 205 = Alt_L"