Re: [libvirt] how to configure keymap & keyboard layout with virt-manager

On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 11:07:46PM +0200, libvirt(a)pivert.org wrote: > Hi, > > > > > I'm fighting to configure the keyboard on libvirt (kvm) (0.6.1-0ubuntu5). > I'm using a belgian keyboard, so, my question is : > - Which keyboard layout should I place in the xml file (or through the vm > display adapter configuration). > - Which keyboard layout should I use in the vm ? > > > PS: When I use 'be' as keymap on the vnc line, the libvirtd just segfault > at startup. libvirtd or QEMU ? I don't see why libvirtd would SEGV for a 'be' keyboard, but QEMU certainly might if it were not supported. QEMU only supports a handful of keymaps (see /usr/share/qemu/keymaps) and I dont think 'be' is one of them. Our recommendation is to never set the '-k' /keymap option at all these days. Recent QEMU / KVM and GTK-VNC releases support a VNC extension for sending raw keycodes, instead of localized keysyms. Thus is best to leave off the keymap in the config, and just configure it inside the guest OS. Daniel