> On August 23, 2013 at 7:42 AM Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > Anthony Liguori <anth...@codemonkey.ws> writes: > > > On Aug 22, 2013 4:55 PM, "Erik Rull" <erik.r...@rdsoftware.de> wrote: > >> > >> Markus Armbruster wrote: > >>> > >>> Erik Rull <erik.r...@rdsoftware.de> writes: > >>> > >>>> Markus Armbruster wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Erik Rull <erik.r...@rdsoftware.de> writes: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Hi all, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I'm struggling with the QEMU VNC on qemu-kvm-1.2.0 a bit, the following > >>>>>> two > >>>>>> things are not working properly: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Have you tried to reproduce on a current version? > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> Hello Markus, > >>>> > >>>> 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. > >>> > >>> > >>> Thanks! > >>> > >>>> Maybe nobody cares because english is the layout used nearly everywhere > >>>> :-) > >>> > >>> > >>> I nobody cared, we wouldn't ship it :) > >>> > >>> Cc'ing Gerd, who knows more about VNC than I do. > >>> > >>>> 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. > >>> > >>> > >>> 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). > >>> > >> > >> 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 > > Yes, because... > > >> 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. > > ... you use a VNC client that doesn't understand the extended key event > extension. The extension enables 100% faithful key interpretation, -k > can only approximate it. > > https://www.berrange.com/posts/2010/07/04/more-than-you-or-i-ever-wanted-to-know-about-virtual-keyboard-handling/ >
Thanks, that's it! Updated to the latest VNC client version - works (btw. TigerVNC crashes when sending Ctrl+Alt+Del). One thing has to be done due to the default english keyboard layout: switch the input language on the client side to english - then all keypresses are interpreted correctly. This is acceptable due to the multilanguage user group of the guest and less effort than rebooting the guest when a user with a different keyboard layout logs in :-) Best regards, Erik
