GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 725303
Unable to reach a tty
Last modified: 2016-03-31 13:22:00 UTC
I have a gnome-continuous box that I want to update. This requires using a root terminal, but I'm unable to get into session, so I'd like to be able to use a tty to update. Ctrl+Alt+F2 gets eaten by the host rather than the box though. This might seems like a bit of a corner case, but maybe there are other situations where it is necessary. virt-manager has a Send Key menu that allows this, fwiw.
I think there is already a bug about sending keys to guest. We need design for this. :)
See also: Bug#730826
(In reply to comment #2) > See also: > Bug#730826 Yeah but please note that its the opposite case: sending keys to host while this bug is about sending keys to guest.
I think there's somewhere another bug were we discussed about a shortcut for unfullscreening the VM. I don't think we should look at all these keyboard bugs without looking at the others. I think we need to collect all requirements for the keyboard input/redirection/ungrabbing and so on and then discuss it together for a consistent and simple to use concept. Maybe we should also ask someone from the a11y team to join the discussion.
(In reply to comment #4) > I think there's somewhere another bug were we discussed about a shortcut for > unfullscreening the VM. Yeah. > I don't think we should look at all these keyboard bugs without looking at the > others. Sure, I was only making the distinction clear. :) > I think we need to collect all requirements for the keyboard > input/redirection/ungrabbing and so on and then discuss it together for a > consistent and simple to use concept. Maybe we should also ask someone from the > a11y team to join the discussion. Sure, don't stop me from arranging this meeting. :) #a11y has IRC channel btw.
(In reply to comment #5) > (In reply to comment #4) > > I think we need to collect all requirements for the keyboard > > input/redirection/ungrabbing and so on and then discuss it together for a > > consistent and simple to use concept. Maybe we should also ask someone from the > > a11y team to join the discussion. > > Sure, don't stop me from arranging this meeting. :) #a11y has IRC channel btw. Err.. 'stop me' 'let me stop you'. :)
*** Bug 720848 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
On GUADEC 2014 we just decided that we want to have some menu for sending special shortcuts to the VM.
(In reply to comment #8) > On GUADEC 2014 we just decided that we want to have some menu for sending > special shortcuts to the VM. Thanks for updating the bug. Just for the record, several other solutions were considered but all had issues and this is what we ended up with in the end.
commit: abfd78a abfd78ab0ff13aef4d194968fbcc833daf47c8ad display: API to send key combos to guest commit: b47cf6bdb8330cc97006677d282e90a1506146f8 Add KeysInputPopover This popover is meant to allow users to easily send key combos to guest that would normally be captured by host/client system. The supported combos are kept limited to not clutter the UI. Currently supported comboxes are: * Ctrl+Alt+Backspace * Ctrl+Alt+F1 * Ctrl+Alt+F2 * Ctrl+Alt+F7 The point of supporting these 3 specific FN combos is to allow user to easily switch to/from console VT from/to graphics one on X-running guests. Once they are on a console VT, they can then use Alt+FN combo to get to other VTs but we don't provide a combo for that since its not expected to be the most typical use case. commit: 28fecb547865cd36bbe279b84133c33985feb4e2 display-toolbar: Add key combo menu button Add a menu button that, when clicked pops up our new popover to allow user to send system key combos to guest.