lack of keycode 89 for br-abnt2 keyboards

[Gilcio Amaral Martins]

qemu-kvm-1.1.1
host system: slackware64-13.37
Bug detailed description:
Independent of Guest OS nothing happens when keycode 89 is pressed.
If you select option "-k pt-br" at qemu commandline you get keycode 89 but there is no more keycode 26 (dead_acute dead_grave) and keycode 51 fails on "less" sign.
If you have a numeric keyboard you can use its "slash" key but there is no means to use the question mark, causing discomfort when you are scripting or programming.

[hdante (hdante)]

I have the exact same problem.

[hdante (hdante)]

Bug is confirmed and at least one and a half year old, according to this blog post, with a hack for solving it:
http://blog.nielshorn.net/2011/03/qemu-and-brazilian-keyboards/

[rslemos (rslemos)]

I've managed to resolve it applying the following patch (without "-k pt-br"):

--- qemu-1.6.0+dfsg.orig/ui/x_keymap.c
+++ qemu-1.6.0+dfsg/ui/x_keymap.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static const uint8_t x_keycode_to_pc_key
  */

 static const uint8_t evdev_keycode_to_pc_keycode[61] = {
- 0, /* 97 EVDEV - RO ("Internet" Keyboards) */
+ 0x73, /* 97 EVDEV - /?° (ABNT2 Keyboards) */
     0, /* 98 EVDEV - KATA (Katakana) */
     0, /* 99 EVDEV - HIRA (Hiragana) */
     0x79, /* 100 EVDEV - HENK (Henkan) */

[rslemos (rslemos)]

Attached patch (may not apply cleanly as I edited it manually to correct for space alignment; but c'mon, it is so straight forward).

[Gilcio Amaral Martins (gilcio.amaral)]

Thanks
I will test it
Gilcio

Em 27/11/2013, às 07:25, rslemos <email address hidden> escreveu:

> I've managed to resolve it applying the following patch (without "-k pt-
> br"):
>
> --- qemu-1.6.0+dfsg.orig/ui/x_keymap.c
> +++ qemu-1.6.0+dfsg/ui/x_keymap.c
> @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static const uint8_t x_keycode_to_pc_key
> */
>
> static const uint8_t evdev_keycode_to_pc_keycode[61] = {
> - 0, /* 97 EVDEV - RO ("Internet" Keyboards) */
> + 0x73, /* 97 EVDEV - /?° (ABNT2 Keyboards) */
> 0, /* 98 EVDEV - KATA (Katakana) */
> 0, /* 99 EVDEV - HIRA (Hiragana) */
> 0x79, /* 100 EVDEV - HENK (Henkan) */
>
> --
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1038136
>
> Title:
> lack of keycode 89 for br-abnt2 keyboards
>
> Status in QEMU:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> qemu-kvm-1.1.1
> host system: slackware64-13.37
> Bug detailed description:
> Independent of Guest OS nothing happens when keycode 89 is pressed.
> If you select option "-k pt-br" at qemu commandline you get keycode 89 but there is no more keycode 26 (dead_acute dead_grave) and keycode 51 fails on "less" sign.
> If you have a numeric keyboard you can use its "slash" key but there is no means to use the question mark, causing discomfort when you are scripting or programming.
>
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[Thomas Huth (th-huth)]

Looks like this the key has been added by this commit here:
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=33aa30cafcce053b83
So I think we can close this bug ticket now.