Attached a new version of my patch. You find two branches linked to this bug for maverick and natty. The patch sets SDL_DISABLE_LOCK_KEYS and get rid of the complete workaround in qemu-kvm. This requires SDL >= 1.2.14.
Stefan Weil wrote: >The patch might fix part of the problem, but there remain more issues: > > * SDL also sends an SDL_KEYUP event for caps lock when the > environment variable SDL_DISABLE_LOCK_KEYS is set. > This mode is very useful but currently unsupported by qemu/kvm. Addressed by new patch. > * Num lock and caps lock are handled in a similar way by SDL. > The patch only handles caps lock. Maybe this is less important > because keyboard layouts which remap num lock are rare > (I don't know any). Addressed by new patch. > * The keyboard status LEDs and the qemu client's keyboard status > can become unsynchronized if the input focus changes from qemu > to other applications. Is this a regression of my patch or is it the case for the unpatched qemu too? ** Patch added: "caps-lock-key-up-event-v2.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu-kvm/+bug/427612/+attachment/1743919/+files/caps-lock-key-up-event-v2.patch -- kvm sends caps lock key up event twice https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/427612 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: New Status in “libsdl1.2” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “qemu-kvm” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in “libsdl1.2” source package in Maverick: Invalid Status in “qemu-kvm” source package in Maverick: New Status in “libsdl1.2” package in Debian: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: qemu-kvm I have set the keyboard layout to German NEO 2 [1] in the host and the client (both current karmic). The caps lock is used as modifier (similar to shift) in NEO. When I press "caps lock" + "t", then the client prints a "t" instead of a "-". A caps lock key up event is sent to the client before I release the caps lock key. [1] http://www.neo-layout.org/ ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Sep 11 01:38:58 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 KvmCmdLine: Error: command ['ps', '-C', 'kvm', '-F'] failed with exit code 1: UID PID PPID C SZ RSS PSR STIME TTY TIME CMD Package: qemu-kvm 0.11.0~rc2-0ubuntu2 PccardctlIdent: PccardctlStatus: ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-10-generic root=UUID=37b01f5a-a578-49d6-a812-f166b103e68a ro quiet splash ProcEnviron: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.31-generic SourcePackage: qemu-kvm Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic x86_64 dmi.bios.date: 07/15/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp. dmi.bios.version: DPP3510J.86A.0572.2009.0715.2346 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: DG33TL dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.board.version: AAD89517-802 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrDPP3510J.86A.0572.2009.0715.2346:bd07/15/2009:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnDG33TL:rvrAAD89517-802:cvn:ct3:cvr: