id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	guest	host
5764	Arrow and other keys not working when starting with VBoxSDL => Fixed in SVN	harmscon		"Host: Ubuntu 9.10 32bit i386[[BR]]
Guest: Windows XP SP3 32bit i386[[BR]]
!VirtualBox: 3.1[[BR]]

After upgrading the Host OS (from Ubuntu 8.04) the arrow keys, Home, End, Insert, !PgUp, !PgDwn, and / on the numeric keypad no longer work when starting the virtual machine with VBoxSDL.

The upgrade was an export VBox virtual machine, format hard drive, clean install new OS and then import the vbox Virtual machine.

I use the following command to start !VirtualBox:
{{{
/usr/bin/gksudo -u fred 'VBoxSDL --startvm freds_VM --nofstoggle --termacpi'
}}}

After the upgrade mentioned above, the keyboard keys stopped working (sometimes the Start menu will open, other times it's like a right mouse click is pressed.)

If I start Virtual box like this:
{{{
/usr/bin/gksudo -u fred VBoxManage startvm freds_VM
}}}

all keys work as expected and as they always have, no matter which of these two methods I use to start the VM.

So this appears to be specific to VBoxSDL."	defect	closed	other	VirtualBox 3.1.0	fixed	VBoxSDL arrow keys		other	other