Japanese Keyboard does not work on Opensuse 10.3 x64

[Georges]

On Opensuse 10.3 x64, Virtualbox 1.6.2, the 106 keys japanese keyboard has missing keys (in fact it seems to be recognised as an US keyboard). => Typically, no: "@"... which makes typing email address more complex -:)

The guest OS is XP English, but the same issue appears on Ubuntu Hardy.

[By the way the keyboard works perfectly on the host -:) , I had the same issue with 1.6.0 version and I hoped it would be solved on the 1.6.2 release. I tried (without success) the tricks of the preivous ticket on the same subject .]

Thanks for your help!!

[Michael Thayer]

Is there any keyboard related stuff at the top of the log file for the machine? (Normally under ~/.VirtualBox/Machines/<machine name>/Logs/VBox.log). Are you using a standard PC locally (i.e. no ssh), or is there anything "non-standard" about your keyboard setup that you can think of?

[Georges]

Log

[Georges]

Hi, sorry for the delay in answering, I was out of town.

So, nothing special on this keyboard (apart from being Japanese, the standard one you can see at wikipedia: ​http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:KB_Japanese.svg)

No ssh or other way either. => Just simple keyboard usb connected on an intel PC x64

I put the VBox.log for reference (in attachment). You are right there is a warning from VirtualBox: What do you advise?

Thx

[Michael Thayer]

Updated VirtualBox keyboard library (Linux 64bit, version 1.6.2 ONLY)

[Michael Thayer]

Updated VirtualBox keyboard library (source code)

[Michael Thayer]

Try the updated keyboard handler library I have attached (back up your old one first!) and see if it helps.

[Georges]

With the new Keyboard...

[Georges]

Hi,

... I tried... here is the new log ...

I suppose I changed the right file (the older one was rename .ORG not to interfere).

[Under /usr/lib64 ?]

The good news: no major issue. The bad one: still an US Keyboard... I attached the log.

Next try? thx!

[Michael Thayer]

Just to be sure, you did select the right keyboard layout in the guest, didn't you?

[Georges]

Yes, in Windows I searched for the 106 keyboard.

But the Vbox log (the newest one), even if I had "botched" it, would not show this error would it?

Thx!

[Michael Thayer]

It could show that error for other reasons. I just meant that if you had selected Japanese layout in the host system but US in the guest, you would obviously have the symptoms you described.

I will prepare a version of the library which produces more debug information.

[Georges]

OK thx, I will try it (it is now 21:40 here in Japan), so I guess the try will be for to-morrow -:)

[Georges]

Hi Michael,

I rechecked this morning using "Ubuntu Hardy" as Guest (instead of XP English): It works.

I retried on XP English, unistall the Japanese keyboard 106/109... reinstall in case of... with no success.

So with Ubuntu check, it concludes that your patch works (though I have still the same error message in the log)... For XP I guess there is another issue.

The automatic updater installed a new kernel.. so now I cannot /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup ... so that will restrict my tests -:).

[Georges]

Works with Ubuntu now, though the error message is still there.

[Georges]

An update:

• The Kernel issue is solved (just downloaded the kernel sources...)
• I installed XP Japanese, and yes it did recognize the Japanese keyboard (with your patch)!
• Then I re-installed XP English... and it works now...

The Error on the log still remains though... but it is no longer a concern for me -:) => Thanks for your help and efficiency!

[Michael Thayer]

Hello georges,

I took slightly longer to respond than I meant. Could you try executing a virtual machine from the command line as follows:

$ LOG_KB_SECONDARY=1 VirtualBox -startvm <VM name>

and capture the output on the console in a file and post that here? I would like to find the reason for that log error, the more so since everything seems to be working now (printing errors when there are none doesn't help anyone :) ).

Thanks!

[Georges]

Hi Michael,

I would tend to agree...

I tried but I always get an error message:

Could not find a registered machine named '/opt/VirtualBox/Ubuntu 8.02/UbuntuHardDisk.vdi'.

Result Code: 0x80070057 Component: VirtualBox Interface: IVirtualBox {2d3b9ea7-25f5-4f07-a8e1-7dd7e0dcf667}

I tried direct name (from the right directory)... to no avail...

I checked that: VBoxManage showvdiinfo /opt/VirtualBox/Ubuntu\ 8.02/UbuntuHardDisk.vdi ... works fine: (C) 2005-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.

UUID: 34f55696-7737-4ace-94a8-2a8daa8e2b4a Registered: yes Accessible: yes Size: 3905 MBytes Current size on disk: 3905 MBytes Type: standard Storage type: Virtual Disk Image (VDI) In use by VM: cb235fee-a477-4fcb-3ba7-0040083b8483 Path: /opt/VirtualBox/Ubuntu 8.02/UbuntuHardDisk.vdi

... so ready to help... provided I can do it. [for info I did it on ubuntu to avoid any side XP issues, and the error log does show], by the way vboxmanage does not like much cdi bigger than 4GB...?

Ready to help

[Michael Thayer]

Sorry for the delay. <VM Name> means the name you have given to the virtual machine, not the hard disk file name. At a guess, from the output you supplied above, your VM name is "Ubuntu 8.02".

[Georges]

Thx, now it works much better... I added a small modification to give you more information: LOG_KB_SECONDARY=1 VirtualBox -startvm "Ubuntu 8.04" > output.log

I attached both files

Enjoy.

[Georges]

Requested VBox.log (renamed for easyness)

[Georges]

Additionnal log file that might be of use?

[Michael Thayer]

The warning messages should be gone in the next version. Thanks for your help!