From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G7Um5-0004FI-77 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 06:13:25 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G7Um3-0004BK-G2 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 06:13:24 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G7Um3-0004B5-Bu for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 06:13:23 -0400 Received: from [195.212.29.153] (helo=mtagate4.de.ibm.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1G7Uog-0003NA-Um for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 06:16:07 -0400 Received: from d12nrmr1607.megacenter.de.ibm.com (d12nrmr1607.megacenter.de.ibm.com [9.149.167.49]) by mtagate4.de.ibm.com (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k6VADI7H118308 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:13:19 GMT Received: from d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com (d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com [9.149.165.228]) by d12nrmr1607.megacenter.de.ibm.com (8.13.6/NCO/VER7.0) with ESMTP id k6VAGhGa085862 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:16:43 +0200 Received: from d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k6VADHlP018884 for ; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:13:17 +0200 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (sig-9-145-30-38.uk.ibm.com [9.145.30.38]) by d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k6VADGUs018841 for ; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:13:17 +0200 Message-ID: <44CDD7BA.80602@nl.ibm.com> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:13:14 +0200 From: Eric Hameleers MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] AltGr keystrokes References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Gaetano Sferra wrote: > So nobody have ideas on how to solve the keyboard problem? > I'm looking and seeking into the user's forum, there are similar > questions but there aren't replies... Hi, I am having sort of similar problems with the keymapping. Rather than coming up with an answer, I like to add my own remarks, maybe they are related: First, I want to make it clear I don't have knowledge of the keyboard mapping process in VNC client/server communication. If I write nonsense here, please correct me... When I run qemu-0.8.2 with the VNC server enabled and then connecting to my QEMU's VNC server on a PC with a dutch keyboard layout, there is no way I can get the keyboard to function 100% correct. Normally, when I use a vnc client to connect to any "normal" VNC server like the one from RealVNC, it does not matter if I run the vncclient with a dutch or a US keyboard, the keypresses are correctly translated. But with the QEMU's built-in VNC server (as opposed to the now-gone RFB patch from Johannes Schindelin which worked fine for me) some keys work, some don't give any output at all, and others print incorrect characters. This is when I add "-k nl". Things get a little better when I also "loadkeys nl.map" on the QEMU guest but still the result is not at all 100% OK. Without the "-k" option (thus reverting to the default en-us) I get other combinations of keys that work/print incorrect chars/don't output at all, still not 100% correct. Are other people with international keyboards having these issues as well? What is the difference with the old RFB patch that the currently built-in VNC server handles differently? Eric -- Eric Hameleers