Cause of this problem is that keycode 124 is not included in /etc /console-setup/boottime.gz.
Fix Instruction: 1. Run the following command. ~$ sudo nano /usr/bin/ckbcomp 2. Find and edit the following line. 133 => -1, # Japanese to 133 => 124, # Japanese 3. Restart console-setup ~$ sudo /etc/init.d/console-setup restart I'm attaching a diff patch for ckbcomp. ** Attachment added: "Japanese Keyboad fix for ckbcomp" http://librarian.launchpad.net/7036251/jp_key_patch_for_ckbcomp -- Backslash key is dead on text console with Japanese keyboard https://launchpad.net/bugs/97466 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
