Re: [gtk-vnc-devel] [PATCH][RFC] Support for ExtendedKeyEvent client message



Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
Anthony Liguori wrote:
Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
  Hi,
I think they are when it comes to those fancy multimedia keyboards which
add certain keys for "play", "pause", "next track", "volume up" and so
on.  Linux has KEY_FOO defines for them.  For PS/2 those are not
standardized and thus differ from vendor to vendor as far I know.  At
least xorg comes with a bunch of different xkb keyboard definitions for
the different keyboards ...
Right, but recall, we're passing this up through to the PS/2 layer so it
will just appear like the local keyboard is connected to the server.

Yes for qemu-system-x86.  Not for pvfb.  Dunno how
qemu-system-{sparc,ppc} are handled ...

One problem with passing Linux input codes is that we have no way to
make the information we get from GDK to Linux keycodes.  We're basically
passing all the information we have (the symbolic value, and what GDK
provides as the hardware keycode with some canonicalization).

For the standard 105-key-kbd keys it should be easy at least on pc
hardware (just a table lookup).  Just that should be good enougth for
starters.

The other keys probably become a bit more tricky due to non-standardized
ps/2 keycodes for them.  Shouldn't be impossible though.  On the client
side we probably can map those XF86XK_AudioLowerVolume (+friends)
keysyms.  On the qemu side we probably have to pick one specific
multimedia keyboard (with lots of different keys) and emulate that one.

Using the -k option in QEMU basically picks a particular keyboard and emulates that. If we're willing to do that, then always launching qemu with -k en-us and using the existing VNC keysyms is a fine solution to the problem. This is actually exactly what the current QEMU server does. As long as you configure your guest with an en-us keyboard, everything Just Works regardless of your client's keyboard got most keysyms. There aren't really keyboards you can emulate that have every possible character though so you'll always have some user who can't use a certain key.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

I think we should avoid wiring PS/2 limitations into the protocol, even
if we don't do more than a simple PS/2 keyboard initially.

cheers,
  Gerd





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