If, like me, you have been running virt-manager over an SSH tunnel, and are getting problems with the keyboard / key mappings, then you may be able to fix them by changing the keyboard settings in the virtual machines configuration.
1) Click the details button in the virtual machines virt-manager window.
2) Navigate to the Display VNC option in the left hand menu.
3) You should now see a Keymap drop down box. Select the correct Keymap that matches your keyboard, in my case it was en-gb.
4) Click Apply.
Good luck, it worked for me!
Thank you.
The option “Copy local keymap” also worked for me.
I had to shut down the virtual machine, make the change, then boot it. Changing it while it was up and rebooting did NOT work…
Thanks for the tip.
Thanks so much for this – you saved me a lot of frustration!
Thanks!!!!! You saved me!!! 🙂
Thanks, for display I had the option for spice or vnc, VNC worked. I had been working on figuring this out for 2 days before I found your article.
Thanks!!!!
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