[Qemu-devel] loadvm keyboard weirdness

[Qemu-devel] loadvm keyboard weirdness

[Ben Taylor]

Running the latest 0.7.0 bits, and I installed a knoppix 
instance on a qcow image to take advantage of the very
fast times provided by using savevm/loadvm.

However, once I am booting the debian off the hard disk,
customize the image and save it, the problem I see is
when I reload the image using the command line parameter
"-loadvm knoppix-save.vm".  I get the screen back
exactly where I left it at the time of save, but the
keyboard interaction with the Konsole window that is
up is non-functional.  If I type in the window, sometimes
I get a window coming up asking me to rename the window.
If I close the window, and restart another one, this 
usally fixes the problem and I can type normally.

Ideas on this?  I also have a weird problem with my
Belkin KVM (PS/2) switch.  If I'm running a qemu
session, and I try to switch screens hitting the
scroll-lock button twice, I get a bad scanmode 
for the key that just keeps repeating.

Ben

Re: [Qemu-devel] loadvm keyboard weirdness

[Oliver Gerlich]

Ben Taylor wrote:
> However, once I am booting the debian off the hard disk,
> customize the image and save it, the problem I see is
> when I reload the image using the command line parameter
> "-loadvm knoppix-save.vm".  I get the screen back
> exactly where I left it at the time of save, but the
> keyboard interaction with the Konsole window that is
> up is non-functional.  If I type in the window, sometimes
> I get a window coming up asking me to rename the window.
> If I close the window, and restart another one, this 
> usally fixes the problem and I can type normally.

I've noticed this problem as well. It's probably because the guest OS 
thinks the modifier keys are still pressed... Solution is to press Ctrl 
and Alt and Shift one after another after booting with -loadvm. This 
restores the modifier state in the guest.

Oliver