The character "_" is not shown on a guest OS console with Japanese keyboard

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • "_" is not shown on a guest with Japanese keyboard which is locally connected to the machine.

  • The guest is running on RHEL6 host.

  • On the console, when the key is input, nothing is outoput on RHEL3 and RHEL6 guests, while the following messages are output on RHEL4 and 5 guests.

atkdb.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x0 on isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes 00 <keycode>' to make it known.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version Number: 6.0GA and later

  • Architecture: Intel64

  • Kernel Version: 2.6.32-71.el6 or later

  • Related Package Version: qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.113.el6 or later

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