Re: [Qemu-devel] VNC key presses not correct

[Anthony Liguori]

On Aug 22, 2013 4:55 PM, "Erik Rull" <address@hidden> wrote:
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> Markus Armbruster wrote:
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>> Erik Rull <address@hidden> writes:
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>>> Markus Armbruster wrote:
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>>>> Erik Rull <address@hidden> writes:
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>>>>> Hi all,
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>>>>> I'm struggling with the QEMU VNC on qemu-kvm-1.2.0 a bit, the following two
>>>>> things are not working properly:
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>>>> Have you tried to reproduce on a current version?
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>>> Hello Markus,
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>>> yes, I was able to reproduce this with the released qemu-1.6.0 from
>>> the qemu-wiki website. Character mistakes are the same when opening a
>>> Notepad on Windows XP on the guest.
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>> Thanks!
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>>> Maybe nobody cares because english is the layout used nearly everywhere :-)
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>> I nobody cared, we wouldn't ship it :)
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>> Cc'ing Gerd, who knows more about VNC than I do.
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>>> And it is not related to the host operating system, I used a Debian
>>> 6.0 and a self built linux - both with the same effect.
>>> And it is not related to the VNC client, I tried several clients on
>>> several operating systems, all with the same result.
>>>
>>> Do you see this effect with a non-english input layout on your side, too?
>>> When using SDL/direct input everything is great.
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>> Your initial report has details on some keypresses.  Please also tell us
>> your complete QEMU command line, and your complete VNC client command
>> line(s).
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> Sure, here it is:
> ./qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=../../../qemu-img/windows.img,cache=off -readconfig ../docs/ich9-ehci-uhci.cfg -device usb-tablet,bus=ehci.0 -boot c -no-acpi -monitor telnet::5100,server,nowait -vnc :1 -m 1024 --enable-kvm -cpu host

You need to specify a keymap with -k

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

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> Client is e.g. Ultra VNC 32 bit under Windows XP V 1.0.8.0 => Just enter the IP::Port and connect. Or RealVNC in the same way.
> Client OS has german keyboard and german keyboard layout - on the QEMU guest side it doesn't matter which input language is set.
> Guest is Windows XP SP3 32 bit.
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> Best regards,
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> Erik
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