Bug 845695

Summary:	Ctrl+Alt doesn't work inside w7 guest
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Gianluca Cecchi <gianluca.cecchi>
Component:	virt-viewer	Assignee:	Daniel Berrangé <berrange>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	19	CC:	berrange, crobinso, virt-maint
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Description Gianluca Cecchi 2012-08-03 22:16:56 UTC

Description of problem:
I'm using remote-viewer for a spice enabled w7 guest
I'm using vSphere Client 4.1.0 (build 491557) inside the guest.
When I open the text console of a VM of VMware environment I can enter and use the keyboard, but then I'm not able to exit from it any more.
The combination key that works when using vSphere in physical hw is
Ctrl+Alt  
but pressing it doesn' release the pointer from the vmware guest console.
I'm able to exit with the mouse from the KVM guest window, and use it inside my Fedora 17 system, but if I press again inside guest I found the cursor inside its VM and not able to use w7 system.
Only way is to shutdown the VMware guest.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
0.5.3-1.fc17.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. start windows 7 32 bit guest
2. start vSphere client inside the w7 guest
3. open console of a VM inside vSphere client and get input inside the VM, then try to exit pressing Ctrl+Alt 
  
Actual results:
unable to exit VMware guest console

Expected results:
possibility to release input and use it in my w7 guest

Additional info:

it seems similar bug that was present in RH EL 6: 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675767
that is now solved

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Comment 2 Cole Robinson 2013-07-11 19:54:19 UTC

Given impending EOL of F17, this is unlikely to be fixed there, sorry this never received a response. spice in f19 seems to have the patch mentioned in the RHEL bug, so closing as CURRENTRELEASE for F19

Comment 3 Gianluca Cecchi 2013-07-11 21:18:07 UTC

I actually forgot to update this bugzilla as some weeks ago I (incidentally) found a way with the same system I used for the bugzilla (I'm updating right now it to f19).

It is sufficient to press, inside the vSphere guest console this sequence:

Ctrl + Alt + Alt + Alt

keeping pressed Ctrl key while you press the sequence of 3 Alt keys

As soon as you complete the sequence you exit from the vSphere console input and regain the mouse cursor in your w7 guest

Hope it could help others too.

Gianluca