[Bug 1427829] [NEW] enter doesn't work on iso install over serial

[Scott Moser]

Public bug reported:

$ ver="20150303" # could use 'ver=current'
$ url=http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-server/daily/$ver/vivid-server-amd64.iso

$ wget $url -O "${url##*/}"
$ md5sum vivid-server-amd64.iso
26727e6c4c03f2b920c7fa3d5abe269c vivid-server-amd64.iso

$ qemu-img create -f qcow2 vda.img 8G
$ qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm \
     -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net00 -netdev type=user,id=net00 \
    -drive if=virtio,file=mydisk.img -boot d -cdrom vivid-server-amd64.iso \
    -m 512 -curses

you'll be prompted with a message that says '640 x 480 Graphic mode' graphics mode or some such.
hit (blind) the following:
   enter  # to select 'english' on the syslinux menu
   F6 # to bring up expert menu
   escape  # to make menu go away, and edit cmdline
   backspace backspace backspace # to remove ' --'
   console=ttyS0  # to do install over console


then, hit alt-2 to switch to qemu's ncurses serial console.

you should see the option of chosing a LANG betwen 'C' and 'en_US', but
you will not be able to select either as the e enter key does not seem
to work even though tab and arrows do.

Note, that doing the above in the SDL window (ie, without '-curses'
argument) works fine, even doing the serial install.

it seems that something is just not set up right with keyboard input.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: qemu-system-x86 1:2.2+dfsg-5expubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.18.0-13.14-generic 3.18.5
Uname: Linux 3.18.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.16.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Mar  3 14:28:33 2015
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-02 (60 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha amd64 (20150101)
KvmCmdLine:
 COMMAND         STAT  EUID  RUID   PID  PPID %CPU COMMAND
 kvm-irqfd-clean S<       0     0   593     2  0.0 [kvm-irqfd-clean]
MachineType: LENOVO 7417CTO
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.18.0-13-generic root=UUID=715c6da7-c111-4842-868b-7778623ead7c ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: qemu
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 10/17/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 7UET94WW (3.24 )
dmi.board.name: 7417CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7UET94WW(3.24):bd10/17/2012:svnLENOVO:pn7417CTO:pvrThinkPadT400:rvnLENOVO:rn7417CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 7417CTO
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T400
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

** Affects: qemu (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug vivid

** Summary changed:

- enter doesnt work on iso install over serial
+ enter doesn't work on iso install over serial

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