id summary reporter owner description type status component version resolution keywords cc guest host 6335 (again) issues with Japanese keyboards (jp106) Kalin KOZHUHAROV "Recently I started seeing issues (again) with Japanese keyboard support in some guest under all Gentoo hosts. The hosts have similar configuration. I have hit this before and I am almost sure I have commented and/or submitted it here, but I cannot find it :-( Tickets #6046 and #5543 seem related. jp106 layout can be seen here: http://www.vultaire.net/software/dvorak_jp106/dv106jp_white.png I'll try to reproduce it in a more controlled environment, but for now booting a SysRescueCD in a newly created VM and pressing the pipe key (with Shift), left of the BackSpace produces this log: 00:00:07.757 Guest Log: BIOS: KBD: int09h_handler(): unknown scancode read: 0x7d! Another key, left of the RightShift produces this: 00:11:30.894 Guest Log: BIOS: KBD: int09h_handler(): unknown scancode read: 0x73! On the host those keys (from `xev`) produce the following: KeyPress event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x3800001, root 0x253, subw 0x0, time 1588425178, (498,-25), root:(635,809), state 0x0, keycode 62 (keysym 0xffe2, Shift_R), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False KeyPress event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x3800001, root 0x253, subw 0x0, time 1588427401, (498,-25), root:(635,809), state 0x1, keycode 133 (keysym 0x7c, bar), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (7c) ""|"" XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (7c) ""|"" XFilterEvent returns: False KeyRelease event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x3800001, root 0x253, subw 0x0, time 1588427522, (498,-25), root:(635,809), state 0x1, keycode 133 (keysym 0x7c, bar), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (7c) ""|"" XFilterEvent returns: False KeyRelease event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x3800001, root 0x253, subw 0x0, time 1588430014, (498,-25), root:(635,809), state 0x1, keycode 62 (keysym 0xffe2, Shift_R), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False KeyPress event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x3800001, root 0x253, subw 0x0, time 1588712421, (567,-130), root:(704,704), state 0x0, keycode 62 (keysym 0xffe2, Shift_R), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False KeyPress event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x3800001, root 0x253, subw 0x0, time 1588712657, (567,-130), root:(704,704), state 0x1, keycode 211 (keysym 0x5f, underscore), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (5f) ""_"" XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (5f) ""_"" XFilterEvent returns: False KeyRelease event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x3800001, root 0x253, subw 0x0, time 1588712814, (567,-130), root:(704,704), state 0x1, keycode 211 (keysym 0x5f, underscore), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (5f) ""_"" XFilterEvent returns: False KeyRelease event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x3800001, root 0x253, subw 0x0, time 1588713206, (567,-130), root:(704,704), state 0x1, keycode 62 (keysym 0xffe2, Shift_R), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False Those keys are known to have caused problems before, but they worked till recently (January 2010?). I'll try to go back in versions to see where it changed. " defect closed other VirtualBox 3.1.4 fixed jp106, keyboard Linux Linux