Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1513870
For VNC connection, characters '|' and '<' are both recognized as '>' in linux guests, while '<' and '>' are both recognized as '|' in windows guest
Last modified: 2018-04-10 20:46:47 EDT
Description of problem: When input characters '|' and '<' in RHEL7.4/7.5 guests, the output are both '>'; while input characters '<' and '>' in RHEL7.4/7.5 guests, the output are both '|'. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Host kernel: 3.10.0-765.el7.x86_64 Guest kernel: 3.10.0-766.el7.x86_64(7.5) 3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64(7.4) Qemu: qemu-kvm-rhev-2.10.0-6.el7 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start a RHEL7.4/7.5/Win2016 guest. 2. After the linux guest boots up, try to input characters '|' and '<'. 3. After the windows guest boots up, try to input characters '<' and '>'. Actual results: In step 2, the outputs are both '>'. In step 3, the outputs are both '|'. Expected results: The outputs are the correct ones. Additional info:
Please note the bug only occurs when connect the guest through vnc, while no the issue when connect it through spice.
No the bug problem on rhel7.4z qemu version qemu-kvm-rhev-2.9.0-16.el7_4.12.x86_64, so set the bug as regression.
In grub of the linux guest, '<' and '>' are recognized as '|' just like that for windows guest.
Seems this issue is introduced by Bug 1503128 - update reverse keymaps for qemu vnc server. Test against qemu-kvm-rhev-2.10.0-4.el7.x86_64,no such issue happen. Test against qemu-kvm-rhev-2.10.0-5.el7.x86_64, issue happens. Test against qemu-img-rhev-2.10.0-11.el7.x86_64 from my part, issue only can be reproduced by vncviewer and cannot be reproduced with remote-viewer
*** Bug 1525436 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 1534310 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Fix included in qemu-kvm-rhev-2.10.0-19.el7
Test against qemu-kvm-rhev-2.10.0-19.el7.x86_64 Client used: vncviewer and remote-viewer Steps: 1.Boot guest with qemu cli: /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -name input-test -m 4G \ -cpu EPYC,enforce \ -smp 2 \ -netdev tap,id=idinWyYp,vhost=on -device e1000,mac=42:ce:a9:d2:4d:d7,id=idlbq7eA,netdev=idinWyYp \ -uuid 215e11b2-a869-41b5-91cd-6a32a907be7e \ -device ich9-usb-uhci6 \ -drive file=/home/nfs/latest75.qcow2,if=none,id=drive-scsi-disk0,format=qcow2,cache=none,werror=stop,rerror=stop -device ide-drive,drive=drive-scsi-disk0 \ -qmp unix:/tmp/input-port,server,nowait \ -monitor stdio \ -vnc :0 \ -S \ -serial unix:/tmp/console,server,nowait \ 2. Connect desktop via vncviewer/remote-viewer, open a text editor and input | < > Result: On rhel7.5 guest, characters displayed in text editor is same as the input Test result against windows 2016 guest is same as rhel7.5 guest
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this issue can not reproduced on rhel7.5 rc3
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1104