21.13. Missing Characters on Guest Console with Japanese Keyboard

On a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 host, connecting a Japanese keyboard locally to a machine may result in typed characters such as the underscore (the _ character) not being displayed correctly in guest consoles. This occurs because the required keymap is not set correctly by default.

With Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 guests, there is usually no error message produced when pressing the associated key. However, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 guests may display an error similar to the following:

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

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

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To fix this issue in virt-manager, perform the following steps:

Open the affected guest in virt-manager.
Click View Details.
Select Display VNC in the list.
Change Auto to ja in the Keymap pull-down menu.
Click the Apply button.

Alternatively, to fix this issue using the virsh edit command on the target guest:

Run virsh edit <target guest>
Add the following attribute to the <graphics> tag: keymap='ja'. For example:
```
 <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes' keymap='ja'/>
```
```
 <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes' keymap='ja'/>
```
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