gues key mapping problem while host is using XkbOptions

[Zer4tul]

My host is archlinux with xorg 7.6, and i am using XkbOption for some key mapping workaround, like blow:

 Section "InputClass"
         Identifier "evdev keyboard catchall"
         MatchIsKeyboard "on"
         MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
         Driver "evdev"
     Option "XkbLayout" "us, de"
     Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps, grp:menu_toggle"
 EndSection

with this configuration, the keys "CapsLock" and "Ctrl" are swapped, and the key "Menu" is mapped to "ISO_Next_Group".

This workaround works fine before I updated virtualbox to 4.0.0. after updated i found it does not work for guests (neither for linux or windows guest). I've tried using xev in the guest to catch what happend. When I press down "CapsLock", it should be "Control_L", but it is "CapsLock".

It seems that virtualbox has ignored the XkbOptions and accesses the keyboard as is.

[Michael Thayer]

You might try one of these two test builds from the stable branch (see disclaimer) -

​http://virtualbox.org/download/testcase/VirtualBox-2011-01-11-19-16-25-lin64-rel-4.0.1-r69374.run ​http://virtualbox.org/download/testcase/VirtualBox-2011-01-11-19-31-00-lin32-rel-4.0.1-r69374.run

The first is 64bit, the second 32bit. I believe they should fix your issue (they still don't allow remapping of alphanumeric keys, so if you want to make "Q" behave like caps lock you are out of luck...)

[Zer4tul]

yes, it works well.