[Qemu-devel] Keyboard issues, native DOS mode

[David Burrows]

Hi all,

Some of you will already be aware of this issue, as it has been discussed 
on #qemu on freenode (irc).  This issue is as follows.

http://www.haltech.com.au/downloads/E6GMv509.zip

This particular application, which is used to tune the aftermarket fuel 
injection computer in my car, has a problem when running in native
DOS mode, where two keypresses are received, instead of just the one that
was actually pressed.  In particular I'm referring to the cursor keys.

Interestingly enough, this behaviour is not exhibited when the program is 
run from within either win98se or win2k.  However, as this program needs 
direct access to the serial port, this is not a desirable workaround.

You can test this by selecting offline mode when starting the application. 
Press ALT F to get to the file menu, and try navigating around with the 
cursor keys.

Apologies that this issue has already been posted in the forums under the 
Linux section, however as this is of a more technical nature I thought it 
would be best directed towards the developer's list.

It might be of note that I'm using a debian sid system, but I've also 
tried it on Ubuntu Breezy, and several others have reproduced the same 
result.

Regards,

David B.