On 11/17/17 20:35, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > 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 ... I guess the question is why did KDE install, which should be the same installer, work while Workstation install had the issue. -- Fedora Users List - The place to go to speculate endlessly
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