From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jan Krupa Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] KVM Guest keymap issue Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 17:58:27 +0200 Message-ID: <52542BA3.7060409@suse.com> References: <87r4cewt8y.fsf@blackfin.pond.sub.org> <525429F5.1010900@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Matej Mailing , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Tim Hardeck , kvm@vger.kernel.org To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andreas_F=E4rber?= Return-path: Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:39062 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751732Ab3JHP5e (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Oct 2013 11:57:34 -0400 In-Reply-To: <525429F5.1010900@suse.de> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 10/08/2013 05:51 PM, Andreas F=E4rber wrote: > Hi, >=20 > Am 08.10.2013 11:07, schrieb Matej Mailing: >> the strange thing is that all other keys and combinations work excep= t >> those ccaron, Ccaron, scaron and Scaron, zcaron and ZCaron don't. >=20 > As mentioned on IRC, my colleague had sent a patch to add ccaron, sca= ron > and zcaron support for VNC: >=20 > http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/270143/ >=20 > Looks as if that hasn't been picked up yet, other patches in that ser= ies > have unresolved review comments. Jan? Sorry I was on vacation for the past few weeks. I'm back and I'll be sending updated patch later this week. I also added all missing key symbols already used in all keymaps in QEM= U which should fix these problems. I'll send this in separate patch. Jan > Regards, > Andreas >=20 > P.S. Please don't top-post, that makes it harder to understand for ad= ded > people. >=20 >> In >> our language there are many words containing those chars and I reall= y >> need to have them working. >> >> When looking at the sl keymap file, those codes, even for all other >> chars that I type with showkey --ascii, are different than the showk= ey >> outputs, but they work (except those mentioned above). >> >> Now I am totally confused on how could those that work, work ... >> >> Thanks for any enlightenments in advance :) >> Matej >> >> 2013/9/26 Matej Mailing : >>> I am still pretty lost here, also after reading your link which she= d a >>> light to many things. >>> >>> Every suggestion and idea is very welcome! >>> Thanks, >>> Matej >>> >>> 2013/9/24 Markus Armbruster : >>>> Not specific to KVM, adding qemu-devel. >>>> >>>> Matej Mailing writes: >>>> >>>>> Dear list, >>>>> >>>>> I have a problem with a Windows XP guest that I connect to via VN= C and >>>>> is using "sl" keymap (option -k sl). >>>>> >>>>> The guest is Windows XP and the problematic characters are s, c a= nd z >>>>> with caron... when I type them via VNC, they are not printed at a= ll 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 doi= ng >>>>> showkey --ascii on the host machine (running Ubuntu 12.04). I hav= e >>>>> tried to change the KVM's keymap file 'sl' with the codes I get f= rom >>>>> showkey, but they are still not printed in virtual system to whic= h I >>>>> am connected via VNC... >>>>> >>>>> I am totally lost with this issue, thanks for your time and ideas= =2E >>>> >>>> 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/