Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> writes: [...]
> I've been running vbox on openindiana for a few yrs. I moved to a > newer version of openindiana called `hipster' and have not been able to > install a recent version of vbox since... about a 1.5 mnths now > > Just a few days ago I got an older version (5.0.28) to work and have > fired up my 6 vms. None showed any problems, in booting. > > However, in all 6 vms (2 running recently updated gentoo linux, 1 > running updated debian jessie stable, 1 running debian testing and 2 > running openindiana) I see this phenomena: > > Once inside any of my vms; I meand with vm in X, or at a text console, > > I have no functionality of the Ctr keys. [...] Googling around on this, I found one solution that worked for me here: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=10226#p40593 A mouse setting where if press the cntrol key you get flashed concentric circles around the mouse showing where it is on the screen. I had that on (In `MATE' the setting can be found at: Preferences => Hardware => mouse .. a checkbox labeled LOCATE POINTER .. show position of pointer when the Control key is pressed) I had that checked, and somehow that hi-jacks the Control key so that it is not available inside a Vbox vm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe
