Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] vnc: lift modifier keys on client disconnect.

[Gerd Hoffmann]

On 06/17/13 13:05, Peter Lieven wrote:
> Am 17.06.2013 10:49, schrieb Gerd Hoffmann:
>> On 06/17/13 10:10, Peter Lieven wrote:
>>> Hi Gerd,
>>>
>>> just looking at your patch. It works fine so far, but I am curious how
>>> to handle the lock keys? I have the problem that if I press caps lock
>>> and then create a new vnc session with exclusive access (from another
>>> terminal), the caps lock is still there.
>>
>> There is some logic for that in the vnc server, next time you press a
>> letter key it should get synced up.  capslock+numlock can actually
>> easier go out of sync than the other modifiers, you don't need a
>> reconnect to trigger that:  Activate some other window so the vnc client
>> window so it hasn't the keyboard focus, press capslock or numlock, move
>> focus back to the vnc window.
> 
> It seems the sync logic fails iff.
>  Caps Lock enabled -> VNC Disconnect -> Caps Lock disabled -> VNC Reconnect.
>  In this case the guest OS is still typing uppercase letters.

I guess reset_keys() should skip capslock+numlock to not disturb the
sync logic, can you try that?

cheers,
 Gerd