[libvirt-users] virsh console and other language keymaps

[Peter Krempa]

On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 06:41:19 -0800, Michael Taboada wrote:
> Hi,
> I've got a small vm server running kvm + libvirt, and I made a simple shell script that allows users to ssh in and control their vms (power off, etc). However, one of my users uses the french canadian keyboard layout on her home computer, and upon being told "escape character is ^]" expected to need to press ctrl+right-alt_] (] being in the same location it is on a US keyboard). This is because on a french canadian layout, the right bracket key is in the same spot at on US layout, but needs to press right alt with it or it is the c-cedilla key. However, upon pressing ctrl+right-alt+c-cedilla, nothing happens (even this is ctrl+right bracket on a canadian keyboard). Instead, pressing ctrl+c-cedilla on her canadian french keyboard exits the console as if it were using a US layout. My question: how to make it so pressing ctrl+(canadian ]) works? Is this something that has to be done on the vm side, or on the host side, or maybe on the client ssh side?
> I'd prefer it be something thast can be different based on who is using the virsh console  command since me, as the admin, may need to help with the console at some points, and my keyboard is US, so I have no c-cedilla or canadian right bracket key, but she does.

'virsh -e' allows you to specify your own escape key if that helps
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