USB keyboard won't work in app VM in spite of being attached and recognised.

[Eternal Questioner]

Hi All,

I was wondering whether anyone might have had a similar issue.

Background:

• sys-usb sys VM is installed and functional.
• Hewlett Packard keyboard can be seen in the results of qvm-usb.
• Keyboard has been attached to the app VM with qvm-usb.
• Keyboard can be seen as device 002 on bus 002 in the app VM:
  

[user@testvm ~]$ lsusb
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 03f0:2b4a Hewlett-Packard
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
[user@testvm ~]$

Typing on the keyboard produces no output though.  The keyboard works in other computers.  I tried changing the virt_type from PVM to HVM with no change in results.

All constructive ideas welcome.

Thanks.

EQ

[unman]

On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 07:31:50PM +0100, Eternal Questioner wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I was wondering whether anyone might have had a similar issue.
>
> Background:
>
>

> - sys-usb sys VM is installed and functional.
> - Hewlett Packard keyboard can be seen in the results of qvm-usb.
> - Keyboard has been attached to the app VM with qvm-usb.
> - Keyboard can be seen as device 002 on bus 002 in the app VM:

>
> [user@testvm ~]$ lsusb
> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 03f0:2b4a Hewlett-Packard
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> [user@testvm ~]$
>
> Typing on the keyboard produces no output though. The keyboard works in
> other computers. I tried changing the virt_type from PVM to HVM with no
> change in results.
>
> All constructive ideas welcome.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> EQ
>

Dont have this problem.
Works as expected with a few keyboards (not HP)
What template are you using in testvm and in sys-usb?

[awokd]

unman:

https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb-qubes/#enable-a-usb-keyboard-for-login
may also be instructive.