Re: [Qemu-devel] KVM Guest keymap issue

[Matej Mailing]

Hi,

the strange thing is that all other keys and combinations work except
those ccaron, Ccaron, scaron and Scaron, zcaron and ZCaron don't. In
our language there are many words containing those chars and I really
need to have them working.

When looking at the sl keymap file, those codes, even for all other
chars that I type with showkey --ascii, are different than the showkey
outputs, but they work (except those mentioned above).

Now I am totally confused on how could those that work, work ...

Thanks for any enlightenments in advance :)
Matej

2013/9/26 Matej Mailing <address@hidden>:
> 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/