Re: Qemu, VNC and non-US keymaps

[Philippe Mathieu-Daudé]

Cc'ing more developers.

On 5/11/20 4:17 PM, B3r3n wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am struggling for days/weeks with Qemu and its VNC accesses...with 
> non-US keymaps.
>
> Let me summ the facts:
> - I am using a french keyboard over a Ubuntu 18.04.
> - I installed a simple Debian in a Qemu VM, configured with FR keyboard 
> (AZERTY).
> - I am launching the Qemu VM with the '-k fr' keymaping (original)
> - I tested with Qemu 3.1.1, 4.2.0 & 5.0.0.
>
> I fail to have the AltGr keys, critical to frenches (pipe, backslash, 
> dash etc).
> checking with showkey, I see the keys arriving properly (29+56, 29+100, 
> etc).
>
> Considering it might be a debian issue as well, I updated the 
> qemu/keymaps/fr file to have bar directly with the 6 key (normally bar 
> is AltGr + 6).
> For an unknown reason, the '6' then no longer works (showkey shows 
> nothing as well).
>
> There might be something I miss, and the might also be some bug 
> somewhere, or some missings.
> For example, maybe X11 must be installed, even it unused (VNC client 
> connects to Qemu VNC port directly), or whatever.
>
> Any help appreciated :-)
>
> Thanks
>
> Brgrds