TightVNC marked as Attic in ports/net/tightvnc CVS source tree. May I update it and return it back to the tree in order to have layout switching functionality?
Martin ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Thursday, October 8, 2020 9:35 AM, Stuart Henderson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
