Re: Qemu Numeric Lock problem
On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 05:42:30PM +0100, Alain Williams wrote:
> I have an issue with virtual machines under qemu.
Caps Lock is also affected the same way.
> Sequence as follows:
>
> I press Numeric Lock (or Num Lock) so that the keyboard indicator lights up.
>
> I then switch to the workspace that contains a running virtual machine. The
> virtualised OS does not seem to be important, this happens with Debian and
> Rocky Linux.
>
> When I press keys on the numeric keypad I do not get numbers. What gets sent
> are the sequences that do Home, Page Up, ...
>
> I press Num Lock so that the keyboard indicator goes out.
>
> I press keys on the numeric keypad and get numbers.
>
> So: it seems that the state of the Num Lock key is not picked up by qemu.
>
>
> Is this is qemu bug or can I tweak the configuration ?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> I am running Debian 10 - Buster. I use the Mate desktop.
>
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