Re: [orca-list] Prevent Orca from eating keys while in a kvm guest

[Jeremy Lincicome <w0jrl1 gmail com>]

Nick,

I'm using X.

Interestingly, everything works as expected when I use Virtualbox. 
However, Virt-Manager/kvm has better audio than Virtualbox, which is why 
I'm trying to use it.


Jeremy


On 1/26/20 4:36 AM, Nick Wood wrote:
> Hi Jeremy,
>
> Bit of a long shot, but are you using Wayland on your Linux host?
>
> I know there was a bug in Wayland to do with keyboard interception 
> when working in a virtual machine.
>
> The solution for me was to switch back to X.
>
> However, I use VMWare not KVM - but it could well be the same issue.
>
> Regards,
>
> Nick
>
> On 26/01/2020 05:23, Jeremy Lincicome via orca-list wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I have an odd issue that I hope someone can help with.
> >
> > I'm running a Windows 10 guest inside kvm, managed with Virt-Manager. 
> > This is on an Ubuntu 19.10 system.
> >
> > In the guest, I'm using NVDA as my screen reader. Whenever I try to 
> > use the numpad keys to review the screen in the guest, Orca 
> > intercepts them. Orca also intercepts the caps lock key. Is there a 
> > way to keep Orca from intercepting keys, aside from quitting it?
> >
> > If possible, I'd like to be able to keep Orca running, so that I can 
> > get notifications from the host. while working in the guest.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jeremy
> >
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