#910948 xen-hypervisor-4.11-amd64: HVM DomU: Emulated PS/2 keyboard does not work (through VNC)

Package:
src:xen
Source:
xen
Submitter:
Stephen Oberholtzer
Date:
2020-11-26 17:12:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#910948#5
Date:
2018-10-13 17:51:40 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

With Xen 4.11, I cannot use the standard emulated PS/2 keyboard when booting HVM domUs (through VNC.)
I did not have this problem with Xen 4.8 (4.8.3+xsa267+shim4.10.1+xsa267-1+deb9u9).

In SeaBIOS, pressing ESC does not interrupt the boot.
In OVMF, pressing ESC does not interrupt the boot; typing does not work at the UEFI shell, either.
I cannot type at Syslinux prompts.
When a kernel boots, I cannot type at the console.

If I use '-device usb-kbd' to add a USB keyboard, I can usually type at the Syslinux prompt and at shells, but I still can't affect the BIOS.