[Qemu-devel] [Bug 427612] Re: kvm sends caps lock key up event twice

[Benjamin Drung]

libsdl1.2 does not send an key up event for the host caps lock key, but
does send the key up event if the physical caps lock key is mapped to
another key (like NEO2 does). qemu-kvm works around this bug by sending
a key up event for every caps lock key event. The attached patch fixes
the bug for me. Can you test, if the caps lock behavior still works for
you?

** Patch added: "caps-key-up-event.patch"
   
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu-kvm/+bug/427612/+attachment/1737741/+files/caps-key-up-event.patch

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kvm sends caps lock key up event twice
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/427612
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Status in QEMU: Invalid
Status in “libsdl1.2” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
Status in “qemu-kvm” package in Ubuntu: New
Status in “libsdl1.2” package in Debian: Fix Released

Bug description:
Binary package hint: qemu-kvm

I have set the keyboard layout to German NEO 2 [1] in the host and the client 
(both current karmic). The caps lock is used as modifier (similar to shift) in 
NEO. When I press "caps lock" + "t", then the client prints a "t" instead of a 
"-". It seems that the pressed caps lock is not passed to the client.

[1] http://www.neo-layout.org/

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Sep 11 01:38:58 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
KvmCmdLine: Error: command ['ps', '-C', 'kvm', '-F'] failed with exit code 1: 
UID        PID  PPID  C    SZ   RSS PSR STIME TTY          TIME CMD
Package: qemu-kvm 0.11.0~rc2-0ubuntu2
PccardctlIdent:
 
PccardctlStatus:
 
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-10-generic 
root=UUID=37b01f5a-a578-49d6-a812-f166b103e68a ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.31-generic
SourcePackage: qemu-kvm
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 07/15/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
dmi.bios.version: DPP3510J.86A.0572.2009.0715.2346
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: DG33TL
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: AAD89517-802
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: 
dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrDPP3510J.86A.0572.2009.0715.2346:bd07/15/2009:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnDG33TL:rvrAAD89517-802:cvn:ct3:cvr: