** Description changed:
+ [Impact]
+
+ After upgrading from 16.04 to 18.04, users are unable to type a | or >
+ in their virtual machines when accessing them via vnc. This happened
+ because upstream added a key to the keymap that can also produce these
+ symbols and exists only on European keyboards, but it uses different
+ modifier keys to produce these symbols so trying to type a | or a >
+ results in a < instead. Simply removing this new non-existent scan code
+ from the keymap resolves the issue.
+
+ [Test Case]
+
+ Start a virtual machine and connect to it via vnc. I am using
+ "tightvnc" on Windows, and upstream indicated that some vnc clients send
+ the raw scan code instead of keysyms, in which case this issue would not
+ arise.
+
+ [Regression Potential]
+
+ There should be no regression potential for actual en-us keyboards since
+ this key does not exist. European keyboards may be unable to use this
+ other key they have unless they set the correct keymap, but all of its
+ symbols are duplicates from other keys on the keyboard, rendering it
+ fully redundant.
+
+ [Original Description]
+
I tried booting some Ubuntu images today on my Xen server where I use
VNC to remotely access the VM, and am unable to type a | ( pipe ). I
opened the keyboard layout utility and when I press the \ key, it
recognizes it, but when I hold shift and press the key, it claims that I
am pressing some key between left shift and Z that does not actually
exist on US keyboards, and that types a > instead.
This did not used to happen, and probably started when I upgraded the
server from 16.04 to 18.04 a while back and I just haven't been testing
VMs since then.
** Changed in: qemu (Ubuntu)
Status: New => In Progress
** Tags added: patch
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