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Key is not detected in xev neither showkey -k in Ubuntu 10.04 in a Virtualbox VM

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Problem

My question mark key in my keyboard isn't working. ("?"). I've tried to use xev and to try to identify at least a keycode and manually use xmodmap to map it. Unfortunately, the keys aren't being detected in neither utilities. I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 in a Virtual Machine (VirtualBox 3.2.4 r62467), an…

Error Output

KeyRelease event, serial 30, synthetic
NO, window 0x3600001,
root 0x5d, subw 0x0, time 19346721, (726,722), root:(730,746),
state 0x2010, keycode 211…

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Fix for: Key is not detected in xev neither showkey -k in Ubuntu 10.04 in a Virtualbox VM

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From archlinux wiki: Check for scancodes If a key does not have a keycode you can know if it has a scancode by looking at the kernel log using the dmesg command: If when you press the key something like that appears: then your key has a scancode whi…

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