[Spice-devel] German keymap in Windows 7

Alon Levy alevy at redhat.com
Wed Mar 13 09:16:55 PDT 2013


> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
> i`m running Windows 7 Prof. 32-bit under KVM/QEMU. I`m using spice
> togehter with qxl. Guest drivers are all installed.
> I can succesfully connect to the guest client and everything works
> fine. But my keyboard is not using qwertz. The input language
> in the Windows 7 guest is DE. When i type z it diplays a y. Also the

What is the input language in the client?

The host's input language doesn't matter (unless it is also the client?)

> other way round. All the other keys are working well.
> Here ist my xml-file of the Windows 7 guest:
> 
> 
> 
> <domain type='kvm'>
> <name>win7vm-jv</name>
> <uuid>4c031da0-c78d-026f-daec-7d8e245f7df6</uuid>
> <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
> <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
> <os>
> <type arch='x86_64' machine='rhel6.3.0'>hvm</type>
> <boot dev='hd'/>
> </os>
> <features>
> <acpi/>
> <apic/>
> <pae/>
> </features>
> <clock offset='localtime'>
> <timer name='rtc' tickpolicy='catchup'/>
> </clock>
> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
> <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
> <devices>
> <emulator>/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm</emulator>
> <disk type='file' device='disk'>
> <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none'/>
> <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/win7vm-jv.img'/>
> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04'
> function='0x0'/>
> </disk>
> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
> <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
> <readonly/>
> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/>
> </disk>
> <controller type='usb' index='0'>
> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01'
> function='0x2'/>
> </controller>
> <controller type='ide' index='0'>
> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01'
> function='0x1'/>
> </controller>
> <interface type='bridge'>
> <mac address='52:54:00:d1:2c:43'/>
> <source bridge='lan0'/>
> <model type='virtio'/>
> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03'
> function='0x0'/>
> </interface>
> <serial type='pty'>
> <target port='0'/>
> </serial>
> <console type='pty'>
> <target type='serial' port='0'/>
> </console>
> <input type='tablet' bus='usb'/>
> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
> <graphics type='spice' port='5901' autoport='no' listen='0.0.0.0'>
> <listen type='address' address='0.0.0.0'/>
> </graphics>
> <video>
> <model type='qxl' vram='65536' heads='1'/>
> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02'
> function='0x0'/>
> </video>
> <memballoon model='virtio'>
> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05'
> function='0x0'/>
> </memballoon>
> </devices>
> </domain>
> 
> 
> The KVM host is using the keymap de-latin1-nodeadkeys. I also tested
> it with de-latin1 and only de.
> If i connect via rdp the keymap is correct.
> 
> 
> Is there a way to change this behavior?
> Many thanks for your help in advance!
> 
> 
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