Opened 16 years ago
Closed 16 years ago
#3256 closed defect (fixed)
"dead keys" do not work any more -> fixed in SVN
| Reported by: | jkeil | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | GUI | Version: | VirtualBox 2.1.2 |
| Keywords: | keyboard x11 | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Solaris | Host type: | Solaris |
Description
On a SX:CE build 104 host, running VirtualBox 2.1.2, german layout usb keyboard: The accent key ( ' and ` -- to the left of the backspace key) does not work.
This key is sometimes quite important for Solaris' grub, which does not use localized keyboard keymaps and assumes an us-english keymap: on an us-english keyboard the ' / ` key corresponds to the = / + key. I can't edit the grub boot command line and add an option like "-B key=value" because there's no way to type the "=" key.
Other users have reported similar issues with Spanish and Swedish keyboard layouts: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=13995
Attachments (1)
Change History (7)
by , 16 years ago
| Attachment: | OpenSolaris 2008.11-2009-02-02-12-36-30.log added |
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comment:1 by , 16 years ago
If you switch to a US keyboard layout before starting the guest does the key work?
comment:3 by , 16 years ago
| Summary: | "dead keys" do not work any more → "dead keys" do not work any more -> fixed in SVN |
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Fixed in SVN.
comment:4 by , 16 years ago
Yes, temporary switching to US keyboard layout is a workaround:
/usr/X11/bin/setxkbmap -layout us
comment:5 by , 16 years ago
jkeil: if you use this workaround then you can switch back to German layout as soon as the VM is running. VirtualBox only probes the keyboard layout during VM startup to work out which X11 keycodes correspond to which keyboard keys.
comment:6 by , 16 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
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