[Qemu-devel] Keyboard problems - Alt-GR QEMU 0.12.3 with VNC and german keyboard doesn't work

[Qemu-devel] Keyboard problems - Alt-GR QEMU 0.12.3 with VNC and german keyboard doesn't work

[Gerhard Wiesinger]

Hello,

I'm having problems with QEMU 0.12.3 (and even older versions) that Alt-GR 
doesn't work: e.g. Alt-GR q should be @ but is still q.

Tested with e.g. Knoppix Live CD 6.2 and MS-DOS 6.22.

In general I'm having also keyboard problems with 
upper/lowercase/Shift state under MS-DOS 6.22 (KEYB GR loaded): Sometimes 
it is upper when it should be lowercase, so something with the keyboard 
emulation or VNC might be wrong.

own build:
qemu-0.12.3/x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -k ...

VNC Client: UltraVNC 1.0.8.2

I found a fix which seems to be integrated but it doesn't work yet.
http://qemu-forum.ipi.fi/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4690

Also some links I've found already to the topic, but sill no solution yet:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/qemu/+bug/238684
http://qemu-forum.ipi.fi/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3978
http://patches.ubuntu.com/by-release/ubuntu/k/kvm/kvm_1:84+dfsg-0ubuntu10.slipped-patch
http://old.nabble.com/-PATCH-0-of-2--Fix-keymap-handling-for-vnc-console-td20505033.html

If you need some help to track down the problem let me know.

Any ideas or plans to fix?

Thanx.

Ciao,
Gerhard

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Re: [Qemu-devel] Keyboard problems - Alt-GR QEMU 0.12.3 with VNC and german keyboard doesn't work

[Gerhard Wiesinger]

On Sat, 27 Mar 2010, Gerhard Wiesinger wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm having problems with QEMU 0.12.3 (and even older versions) that Alt-GR 
> doesn't work: e.g. Alt-GR q should be @ but is still q.
>
> Tested with e.g. Knoppix Live CD 6.2 and MS-DOS 6.22.
>
> In general I'm having also keyboard problems with upper/lowercase/Shift state 
> under MS-DOS 6.22 (KEYB GR loaded): Sometimes it is upper when it should be 
> lowercase, so something with the keyboard emulation or VNC might be wrong.
>
> own build:
> qemu-0.12.3/x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -k ...
>
> VNC Client: UltraVNC 1.0.8.2
>
> I found a fix which seems to be integrated but it doesn't work yet.
> http://qemu-forum.ipi.fi/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4690
>
> Also some links I've found already to the topic, but sill no solution yet:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/qemu/+bug/238684
> http://qemu-forum.ipi.fi/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3978
> http://patches.ubuntu.com/by-release/ubuntu/k/kvm/kvm_1:84+dfsg-0ubuntu10.slipped-patch
> http://old.nabble.com/-PATCH-0-of-2--Fix-keymap-handling-for-vnc-console-td20505033.html
>
> If you need some help to track down the problem let me know.
>
> Any ideas or plans to fix?

No ideas?
I want to clarify the issue before beginning to debug and wasting hours 
...

There is also an issue with caps lock not working correctly:
Pressing caps lock works, afterwards everything is uppercase. Pressing 
caps lock again, everything is still uppercase until shift is pressed.

Some information I've already debugged:
Pressing and releasing Alt-GR sends over VNC:
Control_L (0x0000ffe3) key down: 1
ALT_R (0x0000ffea) key down: 1
Control_L (0x0000ffe3) key down: 0
ALT_R (0x0000ffea) key down: 0

Presing and releasing Caps Lock:
Caps_Lock (0x0000ffe5) key down: 1
Caps_Lock (0x0000ffe5) key down: 0

So this looks good to me.

Thanx.

Ciao,
Gerhard