August 2, 20187 yr Hi guys, I have a few linux vms created with unraid and I am struggling to find a way to type pipe(|) in terminal via unraid vnc, either the browser version of novnc or tightvnc viewer. the keyboard mapping are all default to us keyboard, they all turn '|' to '>' for either lubuntu, manjaro or mxlinux. when I ssh in, everything works just fine. Could anyone give some suggestions?
August 3, 20187 yr I'm having the same issue and not only does typing the '|' character ('shift + \' ) produce '>' and not the expected '|' but the '<' key ('shift + ,') also produces '>' and not the expected '<'. typing the non-shifted characters works fine, \ and , I've tried the browser vnc, tight vnc and tiger vnc. unraid 6.5.3 arch linux typing 'SHIFT + \' produces '>' and 'SHIFT + <' produces '>' ubuntu 14.04 typing 'SHIFT + \' produces '>' and 'SHIFT + <' produces '>' osx high sierra both 'SHIFT + \' and 'SHIFT +' , produce a '+' over top a '_' (a "plus-minus" symbol if you will) windows 10 - the '\' and '|' can be typed fine, but 'SHIFT + ,' produce '|' instead of '<' and 'SHIFT + .' produce '|' instead of '>' If any logs or anything are needed, please lmk Edited August 3, 20187 yr by juanamingo
August 5, 20187 yr I am also experiencing the same issue reported here. ubuntu 16.04 typing 'SHIFT + \' produces '>' and 'SHIFT + <' produces '>' I was setting up a new server when I experienced this issue. I then tried booting an existing Ubuntu server that I've used for 2 years, initially setup in an unRAID VM with no issues with the pipe character. When trying to type a pipe character, this old server also produced a > instead of |. This appears to be an issue with either unRAID, or more likely the noVNC being used.
August 5, 20187 yr These keyboard issues are solved in the upcoming unRAID 6.6 -- it includes an updated version of QEMU that has the keyboard mappings fixed.
August 5, 20187 yr OK, thank you for the quick answer. 6.5.3-rc2 is out now, so I believe 6.6 is currently being worked on? Until 6.6 is ready, does anyone have a workaround that can be employed?
August 5, 20187 yr Latest official version is 6.5.3. rc = release candidate and is mainly used for testing purposes, please update if you are still on a rc release.
August 6, 20187 yr 18 hours ago, eschultz said: These keyboard issues are solved in the upcoming unRAID 6.6 -- it includes an updated version of QEMU that has the keyboard mappings fixed. Super excited for this.
August 16, 20187 yr On 8/5/2018 at 1:16 AM, eschultz said: These keyboard issues are solved in the upcoming unRAID 6.6 -- it includes an updated version of QEMU that has the keyboard mappings fixed. Is 6.6 anywhere close to going to the RC phase?
August 18, 20187 yr Probably in a week. QEMU 3.0 was just released so we'll get that in to the public unRAID 6.6-rc release too.
August 19, 20187 yr 5 hours ago, eschultz said: Probably in a week. QEMU 3.0 was just released so we'll get that in to the public unRAID 6.6-rc release too. Any chance that includes the HTML5 SPICE client and SPICE integration? Spice is way more cohesive to a VM than VNC is.
September 1, 20187 yr On 8/18/2018 at 4:02 PM, eschultz said: Probably in a week. QEMU 3.0 was just released so we'll get that in to the public unRAID 6.6-rc release too. Confirmed working great in 6.6-rc1 |||||||||| 🙂
October 13, 20205 yr Hello, Was this bug reintroduced at some point? I'm using unRAID 6.8.3 and I have this issue.
April 27, 20215 yr I've been experiencing this issue as well. I can't type the | character, and several other keys are swapped such as # and ~. I may not have noticed but I'm taking an Intro to Linux course and just got to a section dealing with pipes. The keyboard works just fine in any other app, works fine on the unraid terminal, docker terminals etc. I've tried changing the keyboard layouts in the various vm's I've got running with no effect. I'm running the ENG (Canada) layout on the Win10 machine that is accessing the vm's using VNC. Would love to find a fix for this! Thanks!
May 12, 20215 yr I've got the same issue on unraid 6.9.2. It's not possible for me to activate the "nodeadkey"-Layout in the VM-template nor the installed linux. Has someone a viable workaround for this issue? Edited May 12, 20215 yr by Chlorgas
May 13, 20215 yr 12 hours ago, Chlorgas said: I've got the same issue on unraid 6.9.2. It's not possible for me to activate the "nodeadkey"-Layout in the VM-template nor the installed linux. Has someone a viable workaround for this issue? I'm on 6.9.2 as well. Just realised I hadn't mentioned that in my post. I've also tested this with VMware and the keyboard works fine.
August 31, 20214 yr Hey, there! Does no one have a viable solution to the problem or some hints into any direction?
November 16, 20214 yr I am also on 6.9.2 and I have the same issue, but using Belgian keyboard on 2 VMs: Ubuntu & Linux Mint Cannot type anything using Alt-GR: | @ € ~\ ` ´ [ ] { } # I would very much appreciate a fix or workaround for this as this makes this unusable.
January 31, 20224 yr As stated on reddit the problem is known and should be solved with 6.10-rc3 as well as the upcoming release of 6.10.
January 31, 20224 yr If it's just now and then try to copy paste the character you want to use. Have worked for me in various console / serial terminals. Of course not for the long haul but as a quick-fix it should do the trick.
April 28, 20242 yr Its 2024 and problem is still there. I'm not able to do anything in Fedora command line. Copy/paste not working. "|" character impossible to create. Really no one has figured this out?
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