Public bug reported:
Ubuntu 10.10 w/virt-viewer 0.2.1-1ubuntu2 (and virt-manager
0.8.4-7ubuntu1.1)
Using KVM, managed by libvirt using the virt-manager package, I created
a Windows XP installation on my local workstation. I use the virt-viewer
to interact with said virtual machine.
Every so often, when I open up virt-viewer to view my already-running
VM, I find that the VM thinks that Caps Lock is already on. It isn't. I
_never_ touch that key. In fact, it's been remapped so that Caps Lock is
just another Ctrl key for me (though this problem manifested itself both
before and after this mapping).
Normally, this would just be a minor annoyance since turning Caps Lock
_on_ makes the VM think it's off. However, I find the Caps Lock key
_very_ annoying and have changed my keyboard mapping (as I mentioned
above) so that it's just another Ctrl key. Now when this happens, I have
to press Shift every keypress in the VM to get lower-case characters
_or_ change my keyboard mapping to get Caps Lock back (and turn it on so
the VM thinks it's off).
This happens unpredictably but with great regularity. As such, I can't
tell you how to reproduce it _exactly_ except to create this
environment, start said VM and log into Windows (XP) all w/Caps Lock
_off_. Then, close virt-viewer and let the VM continue to run for some
time, keeping Caps Lock _off_ the whole time. Finally, after some period
of time, open virt-viewer to view the VM's screen (with Caps Lock
_still_ off). This problem will then present itself some percentage of
the time (~25% for me) by the fact that typing into any of the VM's
program windows behaves as if Caps Lock is _on_ (though it's still off).
Anyhow, now sure where the problem is (what upstream package) but I
searched for reports using Red Hat's system for the virt-manager (and
virt-viewer) packages and didn't find anything. I know it may also be in
the gtk-vnc widget used by virt-viewer or a problem in the underlying
libvirt and/or KVM/qemu. Either way, figured the appropriate thing is to
report it here first.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: virt-viewer 0.2.1-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-30.56-generic 2.6.35.13
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-30-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Aug 17 14:52:25 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: virt-viewer
** Affects: virt-viewer (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug maverick
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Title:
Caps lock state of VM (Windows XP using KVM) gets reversed
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