Re: [Qemu-devel] Keysymbol interpretation missing in QEMU's VNC server?

[Erik Rull]

Hi Fabian,

Fabian Holler wrote:
> Hello Erik,
>
> > I just want to route all keypresses to the guest without interfering with
> > the native QEMU key layout. Is that possible?
>
> Yes, if you start kvm without the "-k" option and use a linux VNC client that
> supports RFB extended key events (eg gtk-vnc, tigervnc).
> With the extension the keyboard layout only depends on the OS settings in the
> VM.

I tried tigervnc and tightvnc for Windows - which both advertise the 
feature on their website - same issues as I have with UltraVNC - no AltGr 
combinations and no "Umlaute" available.

I need a Windows VNC client that can handle that - do you know a vnc client 
that can do that?

> > How does the QEMU VNC server receive the key
> > presses? In the same manner as the direct way does by getting scancodes or
> > via "real" characters?
>
> http://berrange.com/posts/2010/07/04/more-than-you-or-i-ever-wanted-to-know-about-virtual-keyboard-handling/
> http://berrange.com/posts/2010/07/04/a-summary-of-scan-code-key-codes-sets-used-in-the-pc-virtualization-stack/

Really interesting - Linux works, Windows doesn't :-( Also when using a 
Linux remote X-Windows (via SSH tunnel) on my Windows PC it works - only 
the plain Windows VNC client corrupts the keypresses....

> regards
>
> Fabian

Best regards,

Erik