Some of the keys are not working in Ubuntu Guest VM

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murthyn
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Some of the keys are not working in Ubuntu Guest VM

Post by murthyn »

SETUP:
1) I have installed Virtualbox 6.1.22 on Windows 10 host machine. I have created a Ubuntu 5.8.0 guest VM.
2) I have run "Virtualbox 6.1.22 Guest Additions" in my guest VM.

ISSUE:
Some of the keys are not working in the Ubuntu guest OS. They are working fine in the host OS. For ex: the key @ is considered as ". The key | is considered as ~.

How to resolve this issue? Appreciate any leads.
mpack
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Re: Some of the keys are not working in Ubuntu Guest VM

Post by mpack »

You need to reconfigure the keyboard type and mapping in the guest OS. It can't be configured correctly now.
murthyn
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Re: Some of the keys are not working in Ubuntu Guest VM

Post by murthyn »

Thank you @mpack for a quick response. Appreciate it.

Going by your suggestion, I have resolved the issue.

For the benefit of the community, I am sharing below the procedure done;
1) By default, "English UK" keyboard layout was selected in the Ubuntu guest
2) In Settings-->InputSources, I added "English India" layout
3) I clicked on the EYE icon of the selected layout. It opened a virtual keyboard. I typed different keys and verified that the correct key blinks in the Virtual keyboard.
4) Rebooted the VM.

Thanks
mpack
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Re: Some of the keys are not working in Ubuntu Guest VM

Post by mpack »

Thanks for reporting back.
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