Re: Horrible keyboard in virtual machine

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On Fri, 2017-11-17 at 17:08 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 11/17/17 09:07, Ed Greshko wrote:
> > On 11/17/17 08:18, Tom Horsley wrote:
> > > I'm trying to install the f27 workstation live
> > > image onto disk in a virtual machine (hosted on
> > > f26).
> > > 
> > > It is impossible to type the passwords in the
> > > root and new user screens. It gets so bogged down
> > > it apparently thinks I've been holding down keys
> > > which I haven't been holding down. I keep getting
> > > the last character I typed repeated many timessssss
> > > 
> > > I suspect installing to disk, and checking the
> > > password strength interactively is way too hard
> > > for it to do at the same time.
> > > 
> > 
> > I am currently in the process of installing F27 KDE spin on a Virtual Box VM as well
> > as a QEMU/KVM.  In both cases I had not problem to enter the password for a new user
> > or root.  No problems at all with the install.
> > 
> 
> I was able to install F27 Workstation in a Virtual Box VM without trouble.
> 
> However, I ran into the password entry problem trying to install it under QEMU/KVM
> using virt-manager.

Conceivably this is due to the default PS/2 keyboard in QEMU/KVM. I've
had a number of problems with this and have switched to a virtio
keyboard, which you can add from the virt-manager interface. This means
installing virtio drivers in the VM but it seems to work better (though
I've only used Windows VMs). Another option is to install synergy (see
for example https://www.raymond.cc/blog/how-to-share-keyboard-and-mouse
-on-multiple-computers/) which some people swear by but I haven't had
much luck with.

Or it could be something else entirely ...

poc
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