Op zondag 12 december 2010 18:31:43 schreef Robert P. J. Day: > On Sun, 12 Dec 2010, Freek de Kruijf wrote: > > Op zondag 12 december 2010 11:54:49 schreef Robert P. J. Day: > > > (64-bit vbox 4.0.0 beta 2 on ubuntu 10.10) > > > > > > i've downloaded an existing OVF file > > > (http://www.nuxeo.org/static/releases/nuxeo-5.4.0/nuxeo-dm-5.4.0_01-vm- > > > ovf. zip) unzipped it, imported it, started it and browsing over to the > > > appropriate URL suggests it's running just fine. > > > > > > however, if i press Alt-F2 to get to the console and log in, i have > > > > > > all sorts of weird keyboard mapping issues. if i type "pwd", it comes > > > out as "pzd". typing a "/" generates a "!", "a" becomes "q" and so > > > on. > > > > > > this is on a laptop with an external USB keyboard but either > > > > > > keyboard produces exactly the same symptoms. i'm currently going > > > through the forums to debug this, but most of the reports seem to be > > > for isolated or special characters, not for more massive errors where > > > letters themselves are getting remapped. > > > > Replacing a w by z indicates/suggests that you have a qwerty > > keybord, but the setting azerty, which also may explain the other > > mappings. So check your keyboard settings. > > and this is where i'm going to need some advice as to how to do > that. i've verified that the VM i'm playing with was in fact > configured with the AZERTY (french) keyboard by mistake. > > so the impression i get is that, from within that VM console, i need > to adjust the keyboard mapping by running: > > $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-data
I am not familiar with the dpkg-reconfigure package, so I can't help you any further. I am using openSUSE. So you see the need for more information when asking for help. > i first need to figure out the correct key mapping simply to be able > to type that command (not hard). but when i tried that, i'm told that > the console-data package is not installed. > > so is the correct solution to install the console-data package in > the VM, then reconfigure as above? > > rday -- fr.gr. Freek de Kruijf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Oracle to DB2 Conversion Guide: Learn learn about native support for PL/SQL, new data types, scalar functions, improved concurrency, built-in packages, OCI, SQL*Plus, data movement tools, best practices and more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
