Haven't seen this posted, which sums up the problem I have (shift key doesn't do its job over VNC):
http://machine-cycle.blogspot.com/2009/02/vnc-shifty-keyboard-problems.html
Note that this isolates the problem to gnome-settings-daemon.
For x11vnc (which I use) the workaround is the -xkb option.
Haven't seen this posted, which sums up the problem I have (shift key doesn't do its job over VNC):
http:// machine- cycle.blogspot. com/2009/ 02/vnc- shifty- keyboard- problems. html
Note that this isolates the problem to gnome-settings- daemon.
For x11vnc (which I use) the workaround is the -xkb option.