Re: [Qemu-devel] AltGr keystrokes

[Eric Hameleers <alien@nl.ibm.com>]

Gaetano Sferra wrote:
> So nobody have ideas on how to solve the keyboard problem?
> I'm looking and seeking into the user's forum, there are similar
> questions but there aren't replies...

Hi,

I am having sort of similar problems with the keymapping. Rather than
coming up with an answer, I like to add my own remarks, maybe they are
related:

First, I want to make it clear I don't have knowledge of the keyboard
mapping process in VNC client/server communication. If I write
nonsense here, please correct me...

When I run qemu-0.8.2 with the VNC server enabled and then connecting
to my QEMU's VNC server on a PC with a dutch keyboard layout, there is
no way I can get the keyboard to function 100% correct.

Normally, when I use a vnc client to connect to any "normal" VNC
server like the one from RealVNC, it does not matter if I run the
vncclient with a dutch or a US keyboard, the keypresses are correctly
translated.

But with the QEMU's built-in VNC server (as opposed to the now-gone
RFB patch from Johannes Schindelin which worked fine for me) some keys
work, some don't give any output at all, and others print incorrect
characters. This is when I add "-k nl". Things get a little better
when I also "loadkeys nl.map" on the QEMU guest but still the result
is not at all 100% OK.

Without the "-k" option (thus reverting to the default en-us) I get
other combinations of keys that work/print incorrect chars/don't
output at all, still not 100% correct.

Are other people with international keyboards having these issues as
well? What is the difference with the old RFB patch that the currently
built-in VNC server handles differently?

Eric

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Eric Hameleers