Bug 371511

What is the keyboard layout set to in the host and the guest?  Also, can you see
what the qemu-kvm command line is? 

The keyboard layout is set to 'no' on both the host and the guest.
[root@itse68482 misc]# cat /etc/sysconfig/keyboard 
KEYBOARDTYPE="pc"
KEYTABLE="no"

/usr/bin/qemu-kvm -M pc -m 500 -smp 1 -monitor pty -boot c -hda /mnt/misc/
virtual/rawhide.img -net nic,macaddr=00:16:3e:10:33:ee,vlan=0 -net 
tap,fd=11,script=,vlan=0 -usb -vnc 127.0.0.1:0

You need to pass  '-k no'  to KVM to tell it to use 'no' keylayout too.

But isn't this something that should be taken care of automatically? In virt-
manager?

Or at least to be able to specify keyboard layout in settings of virt-manager.

Hi, do you still see this issue with current rawhide or f8 packages? If so,
after the install can you do a 'virsh --connect qemu:///system dumpxml
<domname>' from the command line and post that here. Also,
~/.virt-manager/virt-manager.log as well. Thanks.

I'm getting it on x86_64 with qemu-0.9.0-7.fc8, virt-manager-0.5.3-1.fc8,
keyboard layout: fi.

[root@ap ~]# virsh --connect qemu:/system dumpxml Slackware-11
<domain type='kvm' id='1'>
  <name>Slackware-11</name>
  <uuid>eaae37fe-077b-fa9c-8718-f14dfcdd2632</uuid>
  <memory>512000</memory>
  <currentMemory>512000</currentMemory>
  <vcpu>1</vcpu>
  <os>
    <type>hvm</type>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
  </os>
  <features>
    <acpi/>
  </features>
  <clock offset='utc'/>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-kvm</emulator>
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <source file='/opt/kvm/slackware-11'/>
      <target dev='hda'/>
    </disk>
    <interface type='network'>
      <mac address='00:16:3e:7d:de:81'/>
      <source network='default'/>
      <target dev='vnet0'/>
    </interface>
    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
    <graphics type='vnc' port='5900' listen='127.0.0.1'/>
  </devices>
</domain>

yes this is a bug on the virt-manager side. virt-manager should be able to set
up most keymaps to automatically work, but in the 'fi' case we didn't have a
mapping set up correctly. Current upstream has the option of setting the keymap
manually for the guest, but only after the initial install phase. 

As a quick fix, edit /usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/keytable.py and replace
the line "":"fi" with "fi":"fi" and guests should set up a keymap correctly when
created. Also, current upstream has the ability to manually set the keymap for a
guest after the initial install phase.

This should now be fixed upstream, also with some better logging. 

http://hg.et.redhat.com/virt/applications/virt-manager--devel?cs=98cd7845a3b5

If that fix I suggested doesn't work, can you report that here?

Does not seem to work in Fedora 8 (x86_64). I didn't patch virt-manager yet.
only patched keytable.py ("se_FI":"fi" to "fi":"fi").

Just to clarify, this won't fix an existing guest. It will only fix the mapping
for newly created guests. Did you try and create a new guest?

Changing version to '9' as part of upcoming Fedora 9 GA.
More information and reason for this action is here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping

virt-manager-0.6.0-0.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/virt-manager-0.6.0-0.fc9

virt-manager-0.6.0-1.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/virt-manager-0.6.0-1.fc9

virt-manager-0.6.0-1.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing-newkey update virt-manager'.  You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2008-10705

virt-manager-0.6.0-1.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.