Some keys don't repeat in 64 bit Widows 7 kvm guest

Some keys don't repeat in 64 bit Widows 7 kvm guest

[Jimmy Crossley]

I am running Windows 7 Enterprise x64 (64 bit) as a guest and the arrow keys and the 6 editing keys (insert, delete, home, end, pgup, and pgdn) do not repeat.  All other keys, including the function keys F1-F12 repeat.  I am very sure this is not a Windows 7 setting.  Windows 7 32 bit and Linux guests do not have this problem.

Another symptom, which I think is related, is that characters seem slow to echo in the guest.  If a key repeats, it echos just fine as it is repeating.  If I type different characters really fast, nothing echoes until I stop typing.

The host is a Lenovo Thinkpad T400 with 4GB of RAM.  I am running kvm-72 under Debian GNU/Linux testing (squeeze), kernel 2.6.30-bpo.2-amd64 from the standard squeeze repositories.  Here is the specific command I am using.

sudo /usr/bin/kvm \
-std-vga \
-M pc \
-m 3200 \
-smp 2 \
-name csilt033-5 \
-localtime \
-boot c \
-drive file="/home/jcrossley/kvm/csilt033-5.qcow",if=ide,index=0,boot=on \
-drive file="/home/jcrossley/kvm/disk02.vmdk",if=ide,index=1,boot=off \
-drive file="/home/jcrossley/kvm/csilt033-3.qcow",if=ide,index=2,boot=off \
-net nic,macaddr=52:54:56:52:54:58,vlan=0 \
-net tap,vlan=0,ifname=vnet1 \
-parallel none \
-usb \
-usbdevice tablet \
-k en-us

I have searched this list and the rest of the net and have not been able to find this issue discussed.  Any ideas would be appreciated.


Jimmy Crossley
CoNetrix
5214 68th Street
Suite 200
Lubbock TX 79424
jcrossley@CoNetrix.com
http://www.conetrix.com
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Re: Some keys don't repeat in 64 bit Widows 7 kvm guest

[Gleb Natapov]

On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 08:04:29AM -0600, Jimmy Crossley wrote:
> I am running Windows 7 Enterprise x64 (64 bit) as a guest and the arrow keys and the 6 editing keys (insert, delete, home, end, pgup, and pgdn) do not repeat.  All other keys, including the function keys F1-F12 repeat.  I am very sure this is not a Windows 7 setting.  Windows 7 32 bit and Linux guests do not have this problem.
> 
> Another symptom, which I think is related, is that characters seem slow to echo in the guest.  If a key repeats, it echos just fine as it is repeating.  If I type different characters really fast, nothing echoes until I stop typing.
> 
> The host is a Lenovo Thinkpad T400 with 4GB of RAM.  I am running kvm-72 under Debian GNU/Linux testing (squeeze), kernel 2.6.30-bpo.2-amd64 from the standard squeeze repositories.  Here is the specific command I am using.
> 
This is ancient old. Can you try latest version?

--
			Gleb.

RE: Some keys don't repeat in 64 bit Widows 7 kvm guest

[Jimmy Crossley]

>
Jimmy Crossley
CoNetrix
5214 68th Street
Suite 200
Lubbock TX 79424
jcrossley@CoNetrix.com
http://www.conetrix.com
tel: 806-687-8600 800-356-6568
fax: 806-687-8511
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-----Original Message-----

> From: Gleb Natapov [mailto:gleb@redhat.com]
> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 09:37
> To: Jimmy Crossley
> Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: Some keys don't repeat in 64 bit Widows 7 kvm guest
>
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 08:04:29AM -0600, Jimmy Crossley wrote:
> > I am running Windows 7 Enterprise x64 (64 bit) as a guest and the arrow keys and the 6 editing keys
> (insert, delete, home, end, pgup, and pgdn) do not repeat.  All other keys, including the function
> keys F1-F12 repeat.  I am very sure this is not a Windows 7 setting.  Windows 7 32 bit and Linux
> guests do not have this problem.
> >
> > Another symptom, which I think is related, is that characters seem slow to echo in the guest.  If a
> key repeats, it echos just fine as it is repeating.  If I type different characters really fast,
> nothing echoes until I stop typing.
> >
> > The host is a Lenovo Thinkpad T400 with 4GB of RAM.  I am running kvm-72 under Debian GNU/Linux
> testing (squeeze), kernel 2.6.30-bpo.2-amd64 from the standard squeeze repositories.  Here is the
> specific command I am using.
> >
> This is ancient old. Can you try latest version?
>
> --
>                       Gleb.

Thanks for the quick response, Gleb.  You are right - we should not spend our time troubleshooting an issue with something this old.   I'll try downloading all the sources and headers I need to build kvm-88.  I think I'll need another Debian install, since this is a production machine and I don't want to destabilize it.  Go ahead and laugh - I ran Debian stable for years before finally deciding I could risk running testing.

Re: Some keys don't repeat in 64 bit Widows 7 kvm guest

[Jim Paris]

Jimmy Crossley wrote:
> Thanks for the quick response, Gleb.  You are right - we should not
> spend our time troubleshooting an issue with something this old.
> I'll try downloading all the sources and headers I need to build
> kvm-88.  I think I'll need another Debian install, since this is a
> production machine and I don't want to destabilize it.  Go ahead and
> laugh - I ran Debian stable for years before finally deciding I
> could risk running testing.

Debian testing still has the "kvm" package at version 72, but the new
package name "qemu-kvm" is at version 0.11.0 which is quite a bit
newer.

-jim

RE: Some keys don't repeat in 64 bit Widows 7 kvm guest

[Jimmy Crossley]

> From: jim@jim.sh [mailto:jim@jim.sh] On Behalf Of Jim Paris
> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 20:40
> To: Jimmy Crossley
> Cc: 'Gleb Natapov'; kvm@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: Some keys don't repeat in 64 bit Widows 7 kvm guest
>
> Jimmy Crossley wrote:
> > Thanks for the quick response, Gleb.  You are right - we should not
> > spend our time troubleshooting an issue with something this old.
> > I'll try downloading all the sources and headers I need to build
> > kvm-88.  I think I'll need another Debian install, since this is a
> > production machine and I don't want to destabilize it.  Go ahead and
> > laugh - I ran Debian stable for years before finally deciding I
> > could risk running testing.
>
> Debian testing still has the "kvm" package at version 72, but the new
> package name "qemu-kvm" is at version 0.11.0 which is quite a bit
> newer.
>
> -jim

It looks like I need to switch to qemu-kvm.  That kvm package that I have
Installed (72+dfsg=5+squeeze1) is not in the squeeze repositories any more.

It sure is hard to keep up with everything.  Thanks, Jim.


Jimmy Crossley
CoNetrix
5214 68th Street
Suite 200
Lubbock TX 79424
jcrossley@CoNetrix.com
http://www.conetrix.com
tel: 806-687-8600 800-356-6568
fax: 806-687-8511
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RE: Some keys don't repeat in 64 bit Widows 7 kvm guest

[Jimmy Crossley]

I am now running qemu-kvm 0.11.1:

$ kvm -h | head -1
QEMU PC emulator version 0.11.1 (qemu-kvm-0.11.1), Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard

My Windows 7 guest detected a lot of new hardware, but I still have the same key repeating problem.  I think I will just leave this alone for now since I am going to be away from my office (and this machine) for several weeks.   When I return, I plan on doing a clean install of everything.  If I still have this issue, I will report back.

Thanks to everyone for your help.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org] On
> Behalf Of Jimmy Crossley
> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 21:33
> To: 'Jim Paris'
> Cc: 'Gleb Natapov'; kvm@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: RE: Some keys don't repeat in 64 bit Widows 7 kvm guest
> 
> > From: jim@jim.sh [mailto:jim@jim.sh] On Behalf Of Jim Paris
> > Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 20:40
> > To: Jimmy Crossley
> > Cc: 'Gleb Natapov'; kvm@vger.kernel.org
> > Subject: Re: Some keys don't repeat in 64 bit Widows 7 kvm guest
> >
> > Jimmy Crossley wrote:
> > > Thanks for the quick response, Gleb.  You are right - we should
> not
> > > spend our time troubleshooting an issue with something this old.
> > > I'll try downloading all the sources and headers I need to build
> > > kvm-88.  I think I'll need another Debian install, since this is a
> > > production machine and I don't want to destabilize it.  Go ahead
> and
> > > laugh - I ran Debian stable for years before finally deciding I
> > > could risk running testing.
> >
> > Debian testing still has the "kvm" package at version 72, but the
> new
> > package name "qemu-kvm" is at version 0.11.0 which is quite a bit
> > newer.
> >
> > -jim
> 
> It looks like I need to switch to qemu-kvm.  That kvm package that I
> have
> Installed (72+dfsg=5+squeeze1) is not in the squeeze repositories any
> more.
> 
> It sure is hard to keep up with everything.  Thanks, Jim.
> 
> 
> Jimmy Crossley
> CoNetrix
> 5214 68th Street
> Suite 200
> Lubbock TX 79424
> jcrossley@CoNetrix.com
> http://www.conetrix.com
> tel: 806-687-8600 800-356-6568
> fax: 806-687-8511
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Re: Some keys don't repeat in 64 bit Widows 7 kvm guest

[Gleb Natapov]

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 05:35:08PM -0600, Jimmy Crossley wrote:
> I am now running qemu-kvm 0.11.1:
> 
> $ kvm -h | head -1
> QEMU PC emulator version 0.11.1 (qemu-kvm-0.11.1), Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard
> 
> My Windows 7 guest detected a lot of new hardware, but I still have the same key repeating problem.  I think I will just leave this alone for now since I am going to be away from my office (and this machine) for several weeks.   When I return, I plan on doing a clean install of everything.  If I still have this issue, I will report back.
> 
qemu-kvm-0.11.1 is still pretty old. The latest version is qemu-kvm-0.12
and you need to update you kernel modules too. Similarly sounding
problem was fixed by kernel changes a while ago.

> Thanks to everyone for your help.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org] On
> > Behalf Of Jimmy Crossley
> > Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 21:33
> > To: 'Jim Paris'
> > Cc: 'Gleb Natapov'; kvm@vger.kernel.org
> > Subject: RE: Some keys don't repeat in 64 bit Widows 7 kvm guest
> > 
> > > From: jim@jim.sh [mailto:jim@jim.sh] On Behalf Of Jim Paris
> > > Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 20:40
> > > To: Jimmy Crossley
> > > Cc: 'Gleb Natapov'; kvm@vger.kernel.org
> > > Subject: Re: Some keys don't repeat in 64 bit Widows 7 kvm guest
> > >
> > > Jimmy Crossley wrote:
> > > > Thanks for the quick response, Gleb.  You are right - we should
> > not
> > > > spend our time troubleshooting an issue with something this old.
> > > > I'll try downloading all the sources and headers I need to build
> > > > kvm-88.  I think I'll need another Debian install, since this is a
> > > > production machine and I don't want to destabilize it.  Go ahead
> > and
> > > > laugh - I ran Debian stable for years before finally deciding I
> > > > could risk running testing.
> > >
> > > Debian testing still has the "kvm" package at version 72, but the
> > new
> > > package name "qemu-kvm" is at version 0.11.0 which is quite a bit
> > > newer.
> > >
> > > -jim
> > 
> > It looks like I need to switch to qemu-kvm.  That kvm package that I
> > have
> > Installed (72+dfsg=5+squeeze1) is not in the squeeze repositories any
> > more.
> > 
> > It sure is hard to keep up with everything.  Thanks, Jim.
> > 
> > 
> > Jimmy Crossley
> > CoNetrix
> > 5214 68th Street
> > Suite 200
> > Lubbock TX 79424
> > jcrossley@CoNetrix.com
> > http://www.conetrix.com
> > tel: 806-687-8600 800-356-6568
> > fax: 806-687-8511
> > This e-mail message (and attachments) may contain confidential
> > CoNetrix information. If you are not the intended recipient, you
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> > 
> > 
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--
			Gleb.

RE: Some keys don't repeat in 64 bit Widows 7 kvm guest

[Jimmy Crossley]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gleb Natapov [mailto:gleb@redhat.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 00:58
> To: Jimmy Crossley
> Cc: 'Jim Paris'; 'kvm@vger.kernel.org'
> Subject: Re: Some keys don't repeat in 64 bit Widows 7 kvm guest
> 
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 05:35:08PM -0600, Jimmy Crossley wrote:
> > I am now running qemu-kvm 0.11.1:
> >
> > $ kvm -h | head -1
> > QEMU PC emulator version 0.11.1 (qemu-kvm-0.11.1), Copyright (c)
> 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard
> >
> > My Windows 7 guest detected a lot of new hardware, but I still have
> the same key repeating problem.  I think I will just leave this alone
> for now since I am going to be away from my office (and this machine)
> for several weeks.   When I return, I plan on doing a clean install of
> everything.  If I still have this issue, I will report back.
> >
> qemu-kvm-0.11.1 is still pretty old. The latest version is qemu-kvm-
> 0.12
> and you need to update you kernel modules too. Similarly sounding
> problem was fixed by kernel changes a while ago.
> 
> > Thanks to everyone for your help.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org]
> On
> > > Behalf Of Jimmy Crossley
> > > Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 21:33
> > > To: 'Jim Paris'
> > > Cc: 'Gleb Natapov'; kvm@vger.kernel.org
> > > Subject: RE: Some keys don't repeat in 64 bit Widows 7 kvm guest
> > >
> > > > From: jim@jim.sh [mailto:jim@jim.sh] On Behalf Of Jim Paris
> > > > Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 20:40
> > > > To: Jimmy Crossley
> > > > Cc: 'Gleb Natapov'; kvm@vger.kernel.org
> > > > Subject: Re: Some keys don't repeat in 64 bit Widows 7 kvm guest
> > > >
> > > > Jimmy Crossley wrote:
> > > > > Thanks for the quick response, Gleb.  You are right - we
> should
> > > not
> > > > > spend our time troubleshooting an issue with something this
> old.
> > > > > I'll try downloading all the sources and headers I need to
> build
> > > > > kvm-88.  I think I'll need another Debian install, since this
> is a
> > > > > production machine and I don't want to destabilize it.  Go
> ahead
> > > and
> > > > > laugh - I ran Debian stable for years before finally deciding
> I
> > > > > could risk running testing.
> > > >
> > > > Debian testing still has the "kvm" package at version 72, but
> the
> > > new
> > > > package name "qemu-kvm" is at version 0.11.0 which is quite a
> bit
> > > > newer.
> > > >
> > > > -jim
> > >
> > > It looks like I need to switch to qemu-kvm.  That kvm package that
> I
> > > have
> > > Installed (72+dfsg=5+squeeze1) is not in the squeeze repositories
> any
> > > more.
> > >
> > > It sure is hard to keep up with everything.  Thanks, Jim.
> > >
> > >
> > > Jimmy Crossley
> > > CoNetrix
> > > 5214 68th Street
> > > Suite 200
> > > Lubbock TX 79424
> > > jcrossley@CoNetrix.com
> > > http://www.conetrix.com
> > > tel: 806-687-8600 800-356-6568
> > > fax: 806-687-8511
> > > This e-mail message (and attachments) may contain confidential
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> > >
> > >
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> 
> --
> 			Gleb.

Closing out this old thread: I returned from my trip away from this machine and the first thing I did, of course, was install all the updates waiting for me - both for the debian host and the Windows 7 client.  Something in there fixed my autorepeat problem, so I'm sticking with kvm 0.11.1 for now.  This is my primary work computer, so I want to stick with the standard repositories as much as possible.

Thanks for everyone's suggestions.