HOW TO FIX: SSH password dialog could not grab the keyboard input while accessing the remote server VM

My Setup

Remote server : 192.168.56.101   (Fedora 24)

Client               :  192.168.56.1      (Fedora 24)     

Scenario

I have hosted few VMs in my remote server. If you try to access the remote server VMs from your client virt-manager, you will end up with the following error.

 

It is a bug and still the bug is not resolved by developers. In order to troubleshoot the issue, We are going to use an alternative method.

Solution

Client side:

1. Generate ssh key

#ssh-keygen 

press enter for 4 times. It will generate the SSH key.

2. Copy SSH key to remote server

#ssh-copy-id 192.168.56.101

Here 192.168.56.101 is my remote server IP. 

It will ask remote server password. provide the remote server password.

3.  Now try to access the remote server VM using client virt-manager. It should now resolve the issue.

 

Enhannce your typing speed by enableling iBus typing booster in Fedora - English & Tamil

Here I'm going to show you how to enable the ibus typing booster in Fedora 24. The best thing is it supports multiple languages. According to the ibus typing booster documentation, It supports around 41 languages. You may check in this link

Install the required packages by using the following command

#dnf install -y ibus-typing-booster hunspell-en

Enable the iBus typing booster:

1. Go to settings ->  Region & Language

2. Click "+" symbol to add language and then search English (hunspell) and then click "Add"

3. You may notice this in your top of the notification bar if you click the language option.

4. Now open any text file and press Super key + Spacebar. This key combination is used to switch between one language into another language. While you are typing it will give word suggestions.

That's it :).

Example procedure for the Tamil language:

Here I am going to show you how to type faster in the Tamil language in Fedora 24.

1. Install hunspell-ta package by using following command

#dnf install -y hunspell-ta

2. Go to settings  -> Region & Language option -> Input source -> press "+"

3. Search for the Tamil language-hunspell and add.

4. Now you can able to see 3 languages in the language bar.

5. If you are following Phonetic based Tamil typing method, you need to setup the configuration for that. To do, select "Tamil" language as input source by pressing super key + spacebar or directly select Tamil in the language bar.

6. Open  setup option -> select "phonetic method" from the "Input method" dropdown menu.

Configuration part is done now :). Now open text editor and start typing in Tamil.

That's it!

If you want to use any other language, while installing the hunspell package -> Just replace the last two character with your language.

For example,
For Hindi language   => hunspell-hi
For Arabic language => hunspell-ar
For French language => hunspell-fr

To find more available languages for hunspell, type following command and it will list all the language hunspell packages.

#dnf search hunspell-*

Thanks for reading.

P.S: Thanks to fedora translation team for the help :).

Reference:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Typing-Booster
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_ibus-typing-booster