RE: gnome-boxes-3.16.2 does not echo/execute console commands

[John Frankish <john frankish outlook com>]

> > Using gnome-boxes-3.16.2 with qemu-2.4.1
> >
> > If I start an iso that boots to the console command prompt, boxes does 
> > not echo/execute any commands entered.
> >
> > If I enter a command (blind) and then use the "<" button at the top 
> > left of the boxes window to go to the thumbnail vm screen, select the 
> > same vm and go back to it, then the console command has been echoed and executed.
> >
> > If I enter "startx" in the console screen and switch to the thumbnail 
> > view and back again to get a gui, then commands and mouse clicks work 
> > as expected.
> >
> > Any idea as to why console commands are not echoed/executed?
> All I can guess is that somehow your SPICE display is not getting updated
> and only updates to latest frame on first connection. Random guess to the cause: 
> You didn't compile Qemu and/or spice with the right parameters
> (check how Fedora's package configures it). I'm not sure that it's likely
> but to be sure I'd also check the firewall rules.
I checked Fedora and about the only thing I could see was that qemu was not compiled against vte (which is a 
pain as qemu wants vte-2.90 and gnome-terminal wants vte-2.91).

Anyway, compiling qemu against vte does not change anything.

Note that when using qemu directly, console input is echoed/executed as expected, the issue only appears when 
using gnome-boxes to start the same iso (CorePure64-7.0.iso) via qemu.

Regards
John