On 2020/10/07 23:11, Mike Larkin wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 06, 2020 at 02:28:54PM +0000, Martin wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Linux Guest has virtual dummy video card to emulate video hardware. Linux 
> > Guest has TightVNC server running also. It automatically starts on boot. 
> > Guest has two layouts.
> >
> > The _same_ Guest *.qcow2 image is running on both Linux host and OpenBSD 
> > vmm host.
> >
> > 1. When I connected from Linux host by TightVNC with EN layout only to 
> > Guest, I can switch layout and I see symbols when input.
> > 2. When I connected from OpenBSD host by ssvnc with only EN layout present, 
> > I can switch layout in Guest but no symbols input. Any pressed key shows 
> > nothing, like keyboard is absent at all.
> >
> > Any fresh idea can help.
> >
> > Martin
> >
> 
> Whatever your issue is, it's not with vmm(4)/vmd(8) as we don't emulate a
> keyboard at all. So it would sorta be hard to mess up the layout on a device
> we don't even say we have.

yep.

> Go talk to the TightVNC or ssvnc people, the issue is in one of those two
> products.

ssvnc is old and doesn't have the keycodes extension.

I suggest trying tigervnc's version of vncviewer first which I _think_
supports it, otherwise try getting tightvnc built on OpenBSD.



> > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> > On Friday, October 2, 2020 7:34 AM, Stuart Henderson <[email protected]> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On 2020-09-30, Martin [email protected] wrote:
> > >
> > > > Graphical mode of vmm
> > >
> > > vmm has no graphical mode ..
> > >
> > > > and qemu
> > >
> > > and has no interaction with qemu.
> > >
> > > If you're using qemu on OpenBSD then it's emulating a cpu in software,
> > > not managing a VM on your real cpu.
> > >
> > > > Layout switching works fine in qemu on Debian host even the host has 
> > > > single english layout.
> > > > But layout switching doesn't work in vmm and can't be changed in any 
> > > > way. OpenBSD host uses single english layout as Debian host.
> > > > Looking any solution on how to fix it. Please suggest.
> > >
> > > Which vnc client are you using? AFAIK you want one which supports the
> > > extension to use raw keycodes rather than keysyms for things to work
> > > properly, I believe tigervnc's version of vncviewer does this.
> >
> >

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