From unknown Fri Sep 05 22:44:31 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#50496 <50496@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#50496 <50496@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: Graphical installer and QEMU Reply-To: bug#50496 <50496@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2025 05:44:31 +0000 retitle 50496 Graphical installer and QEMU reassign 50496 guix submitter 50496 "A. Xander" severity 50496 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Sep 09 21:53:58 2021 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Sep 2021 01:53:58 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36527 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mOVjq-0002oK-2M for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 09 Sep 2021 21:53:58 -0400 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:40338) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mOUuZ-0006Yq-4P for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 09 Sep 2021 21:00:59 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:60320) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mOUuY-0000Bi-FZ for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Sep 2021 21:00:58 -0400 Received: from sender4-of-o53.zoho.com ([136.143.188.53]:21315) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mOUuW-0005GY-RF for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Sep 2021 21:00:58 -0400 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1631235652; cv=none; d=zohomail.com; s=zohoarc; b=T+reRFKVxsBsA5xeUYtXlOut4WI8y+JMoZKQ9BIXbs2/zUD8dfiyZUQM4kHIly3kVi6apM385CnWzpSCaOZv52B9KvCefNPVC1lyYKpcT9I31s+jLOzkdGFLi0vDrTeepZBjxRKuwETfJ8HlZWsdEkEqZ3e2Ht15AmEsrK51QsI= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=zohomail.com; s=zohoarc; t=1631235652; h=Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Date:From:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Subject:To; bh=e16l6JwC6U+20CMWfs6M9+qj9Z3hdUttsFwYelIdRPc=; b=GTBOhuG7QkYteWx+5afebd61OL9qQ4ahgxzIImOx7hHCunpq8G5JCn3yhtnemBFL54KBOcXzbIN8OdLXqKsukYsqTV4h5MwCUonMtd69jlZRlsRYLOLe4QDrbRjvXG3swvNJrdkd+YP48fi+a9Wraxi5j1f7P476YMf44jIvErc= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.zohomail.com; dkim=pass header.i=web-refinery.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=xander@web-refinery.com; dmarc=pass header.from= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1631235652; s=zoho; d=web-refinery.com; i=xander@web-refinery.com; h=Date:From:To:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Subject:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; bh=e16l6JwC6U+20CMWfs6M9+qj9Z3hdUttsFwYelIdRPc=; b=B2DvcZg98Wmik5BrBh7VIonPEBSaXQf7W+qImY+5jsQ8ssXwVmj/hkV0HAUHWdfa 6dtD3jXoI5mzQ+7aIQjaBg1bE3Pv5n/sOaBRtIkq8BxaMLVehmkenEXr6yExhfBvUFC FZmH7GgS9Y1jYPLJPu/OrPeQsQwZerj6ouIHEuiE= Received: from mail.zoho.com by mx.zohomail.com with SMTP id 1631235651067493.05425740097576; Thu, 9 Sep 2021 18:00:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2021 03:00:51 +0200 From: "A. Xander" To: "bug-guix" Message-ID: <17bcd38b5e8.ca91444a800472.8365310326060385714@web-refinery.com> In-Reply-To: Subject: Graphical installer and QEMU MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Importance: Medium User-Agent: Zoho Mail X-Mailer: Zoho Mail Received-SPF: pass client-ip=136.143.188.53; envelope-from=xander@web-refinery.com; helo=sender4-of-o53.zoho.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Spam-Score: -1.3 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 09 Sep 2021 21:53:57 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) Hi! Switching from the graphical installer to a different virtual terminal is awkward in QEMU because the host system intercepts . So QEMU isn't aware it needs to switch to another TTY. Usually this is quite easy to work around by using to switch from one TTY to another, however this doesn't work in TTY1 with the graphical installer. So I ended up having to work around that by entering QEMU's command line and writing: "sendkey ctrl-alt-f3" and returning to the VM via . My proposed solution would be to ensure this is documented and that the graphical installer itself ignores/passed through . Cheers, - Xander.