Bug 808709 - Non-English keyboard does not work
Summary: Non-English keyboard does not work
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: ovirt-node
Version: 6.3
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: beta
: 6.3
Assignee: Fabian Deutsch
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
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Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-03-31 10:16 UTC by cshao
Modified: 2016-04-26 14:44 UTC (History)
10 users (show)

Fixed In Version: ovirt-node-2.3.0-4.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Previously, changes to the Hypervisor keyboard configuration would not persist across reboots. The Hypervisor has been updated and it is now possible to select non-English keyboard layours and have the change persisted across reboots.
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2012-07-19 14:20:33 UTC
Target Upstream Version:


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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Bugzilla 808687 0 medium CLOSED RHEV-H 6.3 TUI: /etc/sysconfig/keyboard can't be persist. 2021-02-22 00:41:40 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2012:0741 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE ovirt-node bug fix and enhancement update 2012-07-19 18:10:46 UTC

Internal Links: 808687

Description cshao 2012-03-31 10:16:57 UTC
Description of problem:
Non-English keyboard does not work

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rhev-hypervisor6-6.3-20120330.0.el6 

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Prepare a German keyboard and insert to test machine.
2. Install RHEV-H and choose "German" keyboard layout as default. 
3. Enter keyboard menu, choose "German" keyboard layout and apply. 
4. Test German keyboard function.(e.g. z or y )
  
Actual results:
Using the German keyboard, input z, displayed “y", it should display z when input z

Expected results:
Non-English keyboard work correctly.

Additional info:

Comment 9 Fabian Deutsch 2012-04-16 18:28:18 UTC
Tested upstream with this two patches:

http://gerrit.ovirt.org/3587
http://gerrit.ovirt.org/3588

Test procedure:
- Install node with the german keyboard layout and reboot
= Press the "y" key at the at the login prompt, a "y" appears
- Remove the "y" and loggin with admin
- Select the Network page
- Enter the hostname field
= Press the keys "y!&()z" (after each other), "y!&()z" is appended
- Remove the appended string
- Select the Keyboard page
- Select the "U.S. International" layout and apply
- Select the Network page
= Enter the hostname field and press the "y" key, a "z" appears
- Select the keyboard page, select the "german" keyboard layout and apply
- Reboot
= Press the "y" key at the login prompt, a "y" appears
- Login with admin
- Enter the Network page and enter the hostname field
- Press the "y" key, a "y" appears

Comment 14 Mike Burns 2012-06-13 17:14:26 UTC
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
Previously, selecting a non-English keyboard would not actually change the keyboard correctly.  Now, the chosen keyboard is used correctly.

Comment 15 Stephen Gordon 2012-06-13 23:36:16 UTC
    Technical note updated. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    Diffed Contents:
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Previously, selecting a non-English keyboard would not actually change the keyboard correctly.  Now, the chosen keyboard is used correctly.+Previously, changes to the Hypervisor keyboard configuration would not persist across reboots. The Hypervisor has been updated and it is now possible to select non-English keyboard layours and have the change persisted across reboots.

Comment 17 errata-xmlrpc 2012-07-19 14:20:33 UTC
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.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-0741.html


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