WinKey combos don't work in Linux Host

[Technologov]

WinKey combos in Wondows guest don't work in Linux Host.

Guest: Windows XP

Host: openSUSE 10.2 Linux with VBox 1.3.8

-Alexey "Technologov"

[Frank Mehnert]

Both the win key and the menu key work here, did you try 1.4.0?

[joelito]

Using 1.5.0, problem is still here

Guest, Windows XP Host, Ubuntu 7.04(Feisty)

[Michael Thayer]

joelito: could you please give more details? On a Ubuntu 7.04 host with a WinXP SP2 guest, I was able to use the host's WinKey to bring up the "My Computer" window and others. Could it be a problem with your setup on the host?

Alexey: do you still have this problem with 1.5.0?

[Frank Mehnert]

Please use VirtualBox 1.5.6. Keyboard handling was completely changed again. Reopen this bug if necessary.

[Einars Lielmanis]

VirtualBox 1.5.6 (installed from the rpm on site), under Fedora 8, i386, KDE 3.5, Customized keyboard settings to allow Win-key shortcuts under KDE, keyboard layout window reports xkb options as setxkbmap -option lv3:ralt_switch,ctrl:nocaps,altwin:meta_win

Winkey doesn't work under virtual XP; KDE win-shortcuts don't work while virtualbox window is active, either with or without guest additions are installed.

[aeichner]

Please reopen if still relevant with a recent VirtualBox release.