From: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
To: Matej Mailing <mailing@tam.si>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: KVM Guest keymap issue
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:53:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r4cewt8y.fsf@blackfin.pond.sub.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAF44DZdo1_FiGbcSG6_KgeKVSzAApU+KW+Q3Mup194GE8+78Yw@mail.gmail.com> (Matej Mailing's message of "Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:40:12 +0200")
Not specific to KVM, adding qemu-devel.
Matej Mailing <mailing@tam.si> writes:
> Dear list,
>
> I have a problem with a Windows XP guest that I connect to via VNC and
> is using "sl" keymap (option -k sl).
>
> The guest is Windows XP and the problematic characters are s, c and z
> with caron... when I type them via VNC, they are not printed at all in
> virtual system... I have checked the file /usr/share/kvm/keymaps/sl
> and it seems that it contains different codes than I get when doing
> showkey --ascii on the host machine (running Ubuntu 12.04). I have
> tried to change the KVM's keymap file 'sl' with the codes I get from
> showkey, but they are still not printed in virtual system to which I
> am connected via VNC...
>
> I am totally lost with this issue, thanks for your time and ideas.
Required reading for anyone struggling with virtual keyboards:
https://www.berrange.com/posts/2010/07/04/more-than-you-or-i-ever-wanted-to-know-about-virtual-keyboard-handling/
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From: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
To: Matej Mailing <mailing@tam.si>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] KVM Guest keymap issue
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:53:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r4cewt8y.fsf@blackfin.pond.sub.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAF44DZdo1_FiGbcSG6_KgeKVSzAApU+KW+Q3Mup194GE8+78Yw@mail.gmail.com> (Matej Mailing's message of "Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:40:12 +0200")
Not specific to KVM, adding qemu-devel.
Matej Mailing <mailing@tam.si> writes:
> Dear list,
>
> I have a problem with a Windows XP guest that I connect to via VNC and
> is using "sl" keymap (option -k sl).
>
> The guest is Windows XP and the problematic characters are s, c and z
> with caron... when I type them via VNC, they are not printed at all in
> virtual system... I have checked the file /usr/share/kvm/keymaps/sl
> and it seems that it contains different codes than I get when doing
> showkey --ascii on the host machine (running Ubuntu 12.04). I have
> tried to change the KVM's keymap file 'sl' with the codes I get from
> showkey, but they are still not printed in virtual system to which I
> am connected via VNC...
>
> I am totally lost with this issue, thanks for your time and ideas.
Required reading for anyone struggling with virtual keyboards:
https://www.berrange.com/posts/2010/07/04/more-than-you-or-i-ever-wanted-to-know-about-virtual-keyboard-handling/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-09-24 7:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-20 13:40 KVM Guest keymap issue Matej Mailing
2013-09-24 7:53 ` Markus Armbruster [this message]
2013-09-24 7:53 ` [Qemu-devel] " Markus Armbruster
2013-09-26 10:36 ` Matej Mailing
2013-09-26 10:36 ` [Qemu-devel] " Matej Mailing
2013-10-08 9:07 ` Matej Mailing
2013-10-08 9:07 ` [Qemu-devel] " Matej Mailing
2013-10-08 15:51 ` Andreas Färber
2013-10-08 15:51 ` [Qemu-devel] " Andreas Färber
2013-10-08 15:58 ` Jan Krupa
2013-10-08 15:58 ` Jan Krupa
2013-10-09 13:56 ` Matej Mailing
2013-10-09 13:56 ` Matej Mailing
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