Re: [Qemu-devel] KVM Guest keymap issue

[Matej Mailing]

I am still pretty lost here, also after reading your link which shed a
light to many things.

Every suggestion and idea is very welcome!
Thanks,
Matej

2013/9/24 Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>:
> Not specific to KVM, adding qemu-devel.
>
> Matej Mailing <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Dear list,
>>
>> I have a problem with a Windows XP guest that I connect to via VNC and
>> is using "sl" keymap (option -k sl).
>>
>> The guest is Windows XP and the problematic characters are s, c and z
>> with caron... when I type them via VNC, they are not printed at all in
>> virtual system... I have checked the file /usr/share/kvm/keymaps/sl
>> and it seems that it contains different codes than I get when doing
>> showkey --ascii on the host machine (running Ubuntu 12.04). I have
>> tried to change the KVM's keymap file 'sl' with the codes I get from
>> showkey, but they are still not printed in virtual system to which I
>> am connected via VNC...
>>
>> I am totally lost with this issue, thanks for your time and ideas.
>
> Required reading for anyone struggling with virtual keyboards:
>
> https://www.berrange.com/posts/2010/07/04/more-than-you-or-i-ever-wanted-to-know-about-virtual-keyboard-handling/