>QEMU developers: > >I have been using QEMU off and on for some time. Recently I had a need >for a Windows XP VM to be joined to a domain. I discovered a rather >annoying issue in the form of the key-grab: NT-based Microsoft >operating systems make heavy use of Ctrl-Alt-Delete, i.e. to sign on, >open the task manager, change your password, lock your screen, etc. >I've started using the tablet USB device specifically because I don't >like this grabby behaviour, and it started becoming a real problem for >everyday use. > >I wrote a patch that adds a command-line switch to qemu (-alt-grab). >It allows you to remap the keygrab combination to Ctrl-Alt-Shift when >using SDL-based displays. It has only been tested on Linux / AMD64. > >Please reply to me off-list, as I am not subscribed. Comments are >appreciated, and I would like to see this make it into the mainline >QEMU branch.
It bothered us too, it fits us like a globe. Hope that it will be joined to qemu's mainline. We'll anyway add it to kvm.