KVM Windows keyboard layout

KVM Windows keyboard layout

[Uwe Kubosch]

Hi all!

KVM is great!

I am successfully running Windows Xp on KVM-24 in Fedora 7 test 4.  I
have even connected a CDROM drive, which was a bit of hassle.

One problem I have is keyboard layout.  I need a Norwegian keyboard
layout to work, and I have installed this in the Linux host and in the
Windows XP guest, but no Norwegian characters show, and characters
like !"#¤%&/()=?;:_,.-<> are in different places than they should be.

Everything works fine in the host system.

Do you have any idea what I can do to fix it?  Any help is greatly
appreciated.


With kind regards,
Uwe kubosch
Datek Wireless AS
Norway


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Re: KVM Windows keyboard layout

[Avi Kivity]

Uwe Kubosch wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> KVM is great!
>
> I am successfully running Windows Xp on KVM-24 in Fedora 7 test 4.  I
> have even connected a CDROM drive, which was a bit of hassle.
>
> One problem I have is keyboard layout.  I need a Norwegian keyboard
> layout to work, and I have installed this in the Linux host and in the
> Windows XP guest, but no Norwegian characters show, and characters
> like !"#¤%&/()=?;:_,.-<> are in different places than they should be.
>
> Everything works fine in the host system.
>
> Do you have any idea what I can do to fix it?  Any help is greatly
> appreciated.
>
>   

Are you using vnc or sdl?  According to the qemu documentation, on sdl 
there should be no need for any switch, whereas on vnc you need to use -k.

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Re: KVM Windows keyboard layout

[Uwe Kubosch]

On Thu, 2007-05-24 at 12:55 +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> > One problem I have is keyboard layout.  I need a Norwegian keyboard
> > layout to work, and I have installed this in the Linux host and in the
> > Windows XP guest, but no Norwegian characters show, and characters
> > like !"#¤%&/()=?;:_,.-<> are in different places than they should be.
> >
> > Everything works fine in the host system.
> >
> > Do you have any idea what I can do to fix it?  Any help is greatly
> > appreciated.

> Are you using vnc or sdl?  According to the qemu documentation, on sdl 
> there should be no need for any switch, whereas on vnc you need to use -k.

I use VNC.  My QEMU config has this line:

   <graphics type='vnc' port='-1'/>

Can I change this to sdl?  Can you give me an example for this?  ...or a
link to the relevant documentation :)


Uwe

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Re: KVM Windows keyboard layout

[Avi Kivity]

Uwe Kubosch wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-05-24 at 12:55 +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
>   
>>> One problem I have is keyboard layout.  I need a Norwegian keyboard
>>> layout to work, and I have installed this in the Linux host and in the
>>> Windows XP guest, but no Norwegian characters show, and characters
>>> like !"#¤%&/()=?;:_,.-<> are in different places than they should be.
>>>
>>> Everything works fine in the host system.
>>>
>>> Do you have any idea what I can do to fix it?  Any help is greatly
>>> appreciated.
>>>       
>
>   
>> Are you using vnc or sdl?  According to the qemu documentation, on sdl 
>> there should be no need for any switch, whereas on vnc you need to use -k.
>>     
>
> I use VNC.  My QEMU config has this line:
>
>    <graphics type='vnc' port='-1'/>
>
> Can I change this to sdl?  Can you give me an example for this?  ...or a
> link to the relevant documentation :)
>
>
>   

Ah, virt-manager.  I think virt-manager is limited to vnc (which is a 
pity - sdl is much better for desktop use).

Anyway, the Fedorans here can probably give much better information.


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Re: KVM Windows keyboard layout

[Uwe Kubosch]

On Thu, 2007-05-24 at 13:15 +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> >>> One problem I have is keyboard layout.  I need a Norwegian keyboard
> >>> layout to work, and I have installed this in the Linux host and in the
> >>> Windows XP guest, but no Norwegian characters show, and characters
> >>> like !"#¤%&/()=?;:_,.-<> are in different places than they should be.
> >   
> >> Are you using vnc or sdl?  According to the qemu documentation, on sdl 
> >> there should be no need for any switch, whereas on vnc you need to use -k.
> >
> > I use VNC.  My QEMU config has this line:
> >
> >    <graphics type='vnc' port='-1'/>
> >
> > Can I change this to sdl?  Can you give me an example for this?  ...or a
> > link to the relevant documentation :)

> Ah, virt-manager.  I think virt-manager is limited to vnc (which is a 
> pity - sdl is much better for desktop use).
> 
> Anyway, the Fedorans here can probably give much better information.

Thank you for your quick and excellent answer.

If I skip the virt-manager, and start from the command line, could you
give me an example for using sdl?  Something like

qemu-kvm <nice.options.here> <my.image.file>

qemu-kvm is the right program to use, right?


With kind regards,
Uwe Kubosch
Datek Wireless AS
Norway

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Re: KVM Windows keyboard layout

[Avi Kivity]

Uwe Kubosch wrote:
> If I skip the virt-manager, and start from the command line, could you
> give me an example for using sdl?  Something like
>
> qemu-kvm <nice.options.here> <my.image.file>
>
> qemu-kvm is the right program to use, right?
>
>
>   

qemu-kvm -m 1024 <your-image-file>

For virtual machine with 1024MB RAM.

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Re: KVM Windows keyboard layout

[Uwe Kubosch]

On Thu, 2007-05-24 at 13:56 +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> Uwe Kubosch wrote:
> > If I skip the virt-manager, and start from the command line, could you
> > give me an example for using sdl?  Something like
> >
> > qemu-kvm <nice.options.here> <my.image.file>
> >
> > qemu-kvm is the right program to use, right?

> qemu-kvm -m 1024 <your-image-file>
> 
> For virtual machine with 1024MB RAM.

Thank you for your answer.  I got it working now!


Uwe

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