Should have mention I use openSUSE Leap 42.3 with above mentioned virtualization repo.
Removed the 0026-Fix-tigervnc-long-press-issue patch and rebuilt QEMU but no change. But I noticed that if I run the ISO via libvirt and connect to it via virt-manager (virt-manager-1.4.1-4.1.noarch), the keys are there as expected: /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -machine accel=kvm -name guest=OI,debug- threads=on -S -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-2-OI /master-key.aes -machine pc-i440fx-2.11,accel=kvm,usb=off,vmport=off ,dump-guest-core=off -cpu kvm64 -m 2048 -realtime mlock=off -smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 -uuid 5664149e-26ad-4ee8-8170-16701f107b4b -no-user-config -nodefaults -chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-2-OI/monitor.sock,server,nowait -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=localtime,driftfix=slew -global kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=delay -no- hpet -no-shutdown -global PIIX4_PM.disable_s3=1 -global PIIX4_PM.disable_s4=1 -boot strict=on -device ich9-usb- ehci1,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3.0x7 -device ich9-usb- uhci1,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=0,bus=pci.0,multifunction=on,addr=0x3 -device ich9-usb- uhci2,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=2,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3.0x1 -device ich9 -usb-uhci3,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=4,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3.0x2 -drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/OI-hipster- minimal-20171031.iso,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0,readonly=on -device ide-cd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive- ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=1 -vnc 127.0.0.1:0 -device VGA,id=video0,vgamem_mb=16,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 -device virtio-balloon- pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 -msg timestamp=on Connection via TigerVNC (tigervnc-1.6.0-21.1.x86_64) to the same VM is unable to write those characters. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1738283 Title: 'Less than' (<), 'more than' (>), and 'pipe' (|) can't be typed via VNC Status in QEMU: New Bug description: If I start QEMU 2.11 (from https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/qemu) VM with VNC, I am unable to type following three characters: 'less than' (<), 'more than' (>), and 'pipe' (|) on en_US QWERTY keyboard. Other characters work fine. QEMu version 2.10.1 worked fine. /usr/bin/qemu-kvm -m 2048 -cpu kvm64 -drive media=cdrom,if=none,id=cd0,format=raw,file=OI-hipster- minimal-20171031.iso -device ide-cd,drive=cd0 -boot once=d,menu=on ,splash-time=5000 -device usb-ehci -device usb-tablet -smp 1 -enable- kvm -vnc :91,share=force-shared The ISO can be downloaded here: https://www.openindiana.org/download/ Also tried Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-25-1.3.iso and it's the same situation. If I run the same command without '-vnc :91,share=force-shared', everything works just fine. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1738283/+subscriptions
