Public bug reported: sendkey option is not working for any of the keystrokes in ppc64le,
Qemu version: # qemu-img --version qemu-img version 2.9.50 (v2.9.0-303-g81b2d5c-dirty) Qemu command line: # qemu-system-ppc64 --enable-kvm --nographic -vga none -machine pseries -m 4G,slots=32,maxmem=32G -smp 16,maxcpus=32 -device virtio-blk-pci,drive=rootdisk -drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/f25-upstream-ppc64le.qcow2,if=none,cache=none,format=qcow2,id=rootdisk -monitor telnet:127.0.0.1:1234,server,nowait -net nic,model=virtio -net user -redir tcp:2000::22 Guest booted successfully and logged in Fedora 25 (Twenty Five) Kernel 4.11.0-rc4 on an ppc64le (hvc0) atest-guest login: updatedb (5582) used greatest stack depth: 9568 bytes left root Password: Last login: Mon Mar 27 01:57:51 on hvc0 [root@atest-guest ~]# Qemu monitor: # telnet 127.0.0.1 1234 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to 127.0.0.1. Escape character is '^]'. QEMU 2.9.50 monitor - type 'help' for more information (qemu) sendkey a (qemu) sendkey ret But from the console, I couldn't observe the keystroke a or return. ** Affects: qemu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688231 Title: [Qemu-ppc] sendkey is not working for any of the keystrokes Status in QEMU: New Bug description: sendkey option is not working for any of the keystrokes in ppc64le, Qemu version: # qemu-img --version qemu-img version 2.9.50 (v2.9.0-303-g81b2d5c-dirty) Qemu command line: # qemu-system-ppc64 --enable-kvm --nographic -vga none -machine pseries -m 4G,slots=32,maxmem=32G -smp 16,maxcpus=32 -device virtio-blk-pci,drive=rootdisk -drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/f25-upstream-ppc64le.qcow2,if=none,cache=none,format=qcow2,id=rootdisk -monitor telnet:127.0.0.1:1234,server,nowait -net nic,model=virtio -net user -redir tcp:2000::22 Guest booted successfully and logged in Fedora 25 (Twenty Five) Kernel 4.11.0-rc4 on an ppc64le (hvc0) atest-guest login: updatedb (5582) used greatest stack depth: 9568 bytes left root Password: Last login: Mon Mar 27 01:57:51 on hvc0 [root@atest-guest ~]# Qemu monitor: # telnet 127.0.0.1 1234 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to 127.0.0.1. Escape character is '^]'. QEMU 2.9.50 monitor - type 'help' for more information (qemu) sendkey a (qemu) sendkey ret But from the console, I couldn't observe the keystroke a or return. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1688231/+subscriptions