Re: [Qemu-devel] Qemu SDL2 bug

[Howard Spoelstra]

On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 9:56 AM, Gerd Hoffmann <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 08:58:51AM +0100, Howard Spoelstra wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 8:09 AM, Thomas Huth <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > On 18.02.2018 11:11, Howard Spoelstra wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I'd like to report a bug when using the SDL2 GUI in both Linux and
>> >> Windows, which can be observed with in my case latest qemu-system-ppc
>> >> running parallel instances of OSX 10.4 and 10.3.
>> >>
>> >> After switching back and forth between GUIs, dragging becomes copying,
>> >> keyboard starts using a strange character set.
>> >> An additional "Alt" key press is needed to restore normal behaviour.
>> >
>> >  Hi,
>> >
>> > how do you switch back and forth between GUIs? Using the mouse or a
>> > keystroke? I guess the latter ... sounds like the Alt key could be
>> > "stuck" in the guest?
>> >
>> >  Thomas
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> With SDL, unlike GTK, the mouse does not move outside the window. So I
>> have to use Ctrl-Alt-G to release focus and then click in the other
>> window. After two switches the reported issue occurs. Indeed, the Alt
>> key seems to go into a state in which it is stuck. When trying to
>> exclude my own keyboard being at fault, I've also noticed the right
>> Alt key on my keyboard cannot be used for the release.
>
> Which qemu version?  There have been a bunch of SDL2 fixes in the 2.12
> devel cycle already, so if you are on 2.11 still please try git master
> and see whenever that improves things.
>
> cheers,
>   Gerd
>

Hi.

This was with my own qemu master builds as of yesterday.

Best,
Howard