> Mazda Motor Logistics Europe NV, Blaasveldstraat 162, B-2830 Willebroek VAT BE 406.024.281, RPR Mechelen, ING 310-0092504-52, IBAN : BE64 3100 0925 0452, SWIFT : BBRUBEBB -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jose R R > Sent: dinsdag 12 februari 2008 6:35 > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: Keyboard layout problem in XEN virtual machine > > On 2/11/08, Mertens, Bram <mertensb@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > My office uses a number of Windows-only tools which is forcing me to > > reboot into Windows several times a say. To avoid this I'd > like to set > > up a virtual machine (using XEN) so I can run those tools in it. > > > > After strugling to get Windows XP to install (halfway during the > > installation it forces a restart and after this it wouldn't > find the CD) > > > Indeed, virt-manager is quirky and behaves as your described. > I have found > that directly manipulating the Xen guests through the Xen command line > interface is easier than using virt-manager in certain cases (like the > two-phase WinXX installation, for instance). > > > I discovered that even though all the keyboard and language > settings are > > in XP the keyboard layout is still wrong. We use azerty > keyboards and I > > have configured the virtual machine as such but *after the > installation* > > the keyboard is interpreted as querty. I stress *after the > > installation* because somewhere during the installation you > can change > > the keyboard layout - which I did - and after that the > keyboard layout > > was interpreted correctly by the installation program. > > > > How can I configure the virtual machine to recognize my keyboard as > > azerty (be-latin1)? > > > > Regards > > > > Bram > > > > > You may want to read: Defining other keyboard layout through > virt-manager > > http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/Xen [...] Thanks for the link it does look promising but I must have made a mistake because it didn't help and after trying to configure the default keyboard layout as suggested in the article I couldn't even start the virtual machine anymore. I'll have to try some more. Regards Bram -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
