RE: Keyboard stops responding or gives escape characters Windows host CentOS 7.7 guest

[Miller, Mark R - Raleigh, NC - Contractor]

Nope.  This “fix” is not consistent.  Still having keyboard problems.  I’ll keep trying to find a fix.

 

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I discovered a solution that works in Qemu 3.1, running CentOS 7.7 and 8 Stream.  If I press SysRq (Alt+PrintScrn) I can reset the keyboard and get back control.

 

From: Miller, Mark R - Raleigh, NC - Contractor
Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 2:22 PM
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Subject: Keyboard stops responding or gives escape characters Windows host CentOS 7.7 guest

 

 

Qemu for Windows 2020-02-01

Guest: CentOS 7.7 i386 (Alt Arch)

Host: Windows 10 (non-admin)

 

After about 30 minutes I have trouble with the keyboard.  Either the keyboard stops responding, or I get characters like ^[a ^[b…  the only way I’ve found to fix it is restart the virtual machine.  The physical keyboard seems to be fine.