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    [XOA] Problem with AltGr and space bar while installing a VM

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    • Tiki10T Offline
      Tiki10
      last edited by

      Re: VM console borks with "Alt Gr" key

      After months of hesitation, we are massively testing XOA for the administration of our 30 Xen servers.
      We encounter the same problem described in previous topic when using the AltGr key and the space bar (useful for checking / unchecking during the text mode installation of linux).
      Do you think you can fix this problem?

      Regards,

      Tiki10

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      • olivierlambertO Offline
        olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
        last edited by

        What is your keyboard layout in your own system?

        Also, you might try with XO Lite very soon to see if it's better with a more recent version of noVNC 🙂

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        • Tiki10T Offline
          Tiki10
          last edited by

          Hello Olivier,

          We are using FR (azerty) keyboard layout.

          Regards

          Tiki10

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          • Tiki10T Offline
            Tiki10 @olivierlambert
            last edited by

            olivierlambert said in [XOA] Problem with AltGr and space bar while installing a VM:

            lso, you might try with XO Lite very s

            XO Lite is available ?

            Regards,

            Tiki10

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            • olivierlambertO Offline
              olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
              last edited by

              I said "very soon" 🙂 This month in theory. That will let you test the keyboard thing with a more recent version of NoVNC 🙂

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              • olivierlambertO Offline
                olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
                last edited by

                Do you experience the issue on Windows? (or another OS?)

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                • olivierlambertO Offline
                  olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
                  last edited by

                  Pinging pdonias

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                  • pdoniasP Offline
                    pdonias Vates 🪐 XO Team @olivierlambert
                    last edited by

                    Might be related to this issue: https://github.com/vatesfr/xen-orchestra/issues/5033.

                    pdonias created this issue in vatesfr/xen-orchestra

                    closed [Console] Broken keyboard after AltGr has been pressed on Windows #5033

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                    • olivierlambertO Offline
                      olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                      Yup a test with XO Lite would be interesting until we get something fixed in XO 6 🙂

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                      • olivierlambertO Offline
                        olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
                        last edited by olivierlambert

                        If you want to test quickly with XO Lite:

                        wget https://lite.xen-orchestra.com/dist/ -O /opt/xensource/www/xolite.html
                        

                        Then, from a Chrome based browser (console won't work in Firefox until we release a fix in XCP-ng), go to your host URL:

                        https://<HOST_IP>/xolite.html
                        

                        Then please report if your problem is solved.

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                        • Tiki10T Offline
                          Tiki10 @olivierlambert
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                          olivierlambert

                          Awesome. Thank you for the link.
                          We will try it asap (Friday is perfect for testing :D).

                          Tiki10

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                          • olivierlambertO Offline
                            olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
                            last edited by olivierlambert

                            Note this is less than an alpha version, there's no CSS whatsoever, but you should be able to click on a running VM to access the console.

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                            • Tiki10T Offline
                              Tiki10 @olivierlambert
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                              olivierlambert

                              Just a question : I must DL this directly to my XenServer ?

                              Regards

                              Tiki10

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                              • olivierlambertO Offline
                                olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
                                last edited by

                                Yes, the wget command must be run on your host directly, logged in SSH as root (or from the console).

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                                • ForzaF Offline
                                  Forza @olivierlambert
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                                  olivierlambert said in [XOA] Problem with AltGr and space bar while installing a VM:

                                  Do you experience the issue on Windows? (or another OS?)

                                  I am using Swedish keyboard and I experience the sticky AltGr issue on all consoles on both Windows and Linux guests. There is no problem in XCP-ng center.

                                  Using TrueNAS, there is a webbased shell/console which works fine with AltGr, so I think the current problem is a limitation of something in XO. It is very frustrating because I need AltGr to type things like '|' and '@' or '$', which I need often.

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                                  • olivierlambertO Offline
                                    olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                                    @S-Pam we already know that's a noVNC bug (the web VNC console we use in XO). It might be fixed in a more recent version, therefore the XO Lite test you should do 🙂

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                                    • Tiki10T Offline
                                      Tiki10 @olivierlambert
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                                      olivierlambert

                                      Done ! I'm aware that it's a beta.
                                      At least, AltGr is working 😄
                                      Not sure about what I can do with XO lite for the moment except manager a VM through it, but it's a step forward 😄
                                      Thank You

                                      Tiki10

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                                      • olivierlambertO Offline
                                        olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                                        Okay so it means it's fixed in more recent noVNC versions 👍

                                        XO 6 will get the latest version, and XO Lite is about to be released with minimal "theme" for the end of the month.

                                        We hope to get first XO6 for the end of the year.

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                                          Forza @olivierlambert
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                                          olivierlambert said in [XOA] Problem with AltGr and space bar while installing a VM:

                                          Okay so it means it's fixed in more recent noVNC versions 👍

                                          XO 6 will get the latest version, and XO Lite is about to be released with minimal "theme" for the end of the month.

                                          We hope to get first XO6 for the end of the year.

                                          XO 6 looks like it will be a nice release! Looking forward to it. Will you be writing something about it on the XOA blog?

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                                          • olivierlambertO Offline
                                            olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                                            Yes we will (and we did!) See https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/devblog-3-working-on-xo-6/

                                            It's a BIG rework because we'll change the ENTIRE system, from the API to the UI, and various mechanisms.

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