At least one key not working => fixed in the upcoming version

[Craig Turner]

Running VB 1.5.6_OSE as downloaded from the available repositories in ubuntu Hardy Heron.

Have installed a windows 2000 server guest.

The three key on the top row of my keyboard seems to be ignored by the guest operating system. Using the key on the number pad of my keyboard does work however.

Have also tried with a Windows Vista guest, and the same problem is present in that.

[Craig Turner]

My apologies. I selected the wrong version in the dropdown list. If someone could correct it, that would be appreciated.

[Michael Thayer]

Are you using a German keyboard layout which produces a paragraph sign (¶) instead of a section sign (§) when you do shift-"3"? If so this will be fixed in the next version and you can work around it for now by changing to a different host layout (e.g. one with a section sign).

[Michael Thayer]

Note that it may be a while before Ubuntu provides the next version. It will be available as a binary Ubuntu package from virtualbox.org as soon as it is released of course.

[Craig Turner]

No, i'm using a UK keyboard layout, although having tested it, I'm unable to type a pound sign using shift 3 on the host machine either, so it may be something to do with my settings in ubuntu.

[Michael Thayer]

If that key does not work properly in the host then it will not work in the guest either, as the way we currently determine which key is which is by looking at the symbols it produces with and without shift held down. (Unfortunately I don't know of any good way to work out which physical key produces which X11 keycode). The next version will contain a back up algorithm which should work correctly in your case. You can also fix this issue with your current version if you can fix your host layout.