graphic: 0.871 device: 0.782 vnc: 0.531 mistranslation: 0.524 socket: 0.511 semantic: 0.489 instruction: 0.333 network: 0.320 boot: 0.310 other: 0.161 KVM: 0.048 assembly: 0.015 GTK+ interface, backspace is broken in the monitor console this has been broken for over 2 years Confirmed, this is indeed broken. I sent a patch with a fix to the mailing list: https://marc.info/?i=1470900060-25821-1-git-send-email-thuth%40redhat.com thank you Fix has been picked up into the repository now: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=344aa283b89bec2af9761 Released with version 2.8