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Numeric keypad problem
Posted: 26. Jan 2009, 12:14
by guoguy
host os: debian lenny
vbox version: 2.1.0
Occasionally I experience the numeric keypad problem within guest os: num keys don't work properly when I turn physical numlock light on, it works as if the numlock light is off, i.e. when I press "4" key, it represents left arrow instead of the number 4. This problem may not be guest os-specific since it happens in winxp, kubuntu, and other OSes I have used. I am not quite sure if this is a bug. Any ideas, people?
Thanks.
Posted: 28. Jan 2009, 02:46
by Sasquatch
I'd say that the Guest does not see the numlock trigger when it has the keyboard. I've seen it myself that when pressing the numlock key when a text editor or terminal (or whatever text input field you have) has focus, some code is typed. I'd recommend to check your numlock before starting your VM.
Posted: 29. Jan 2009, 16:31
by guoguy
Sasquatch wrote:I'd say that the Guest does not see the numlock trigger when it has the keyboard. I've seen it myself that when pressing the numlock key when a text editor or terminal (or whatever text input field you have) has focus, some code is typed. I'd recommend to check your numlock before starting your VM.
Unfortunately I didn't experience this problem in host os before.
My keyboard itself may not be the key. I think it's related to these two posts:
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic. ... ght=numpad
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic. ... ght=numpad
Thanks anyway!
Solved for me
Posted: 30. Jan 2009, 10:04
by moloth
I followed this
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=5721 and installed scim-bridge-client-qt. All worked well on Ubuntu 8.04 after a reboot.
Re:
Posted: 14. Aug 2013, 14:39
by ozma
Sasquatch wrote:I'd say that the Guest does not see the numlock trigger when it has the keyboard. I've seen it myself that when pressing the numlock key when a text editor or terminal (or whatever text input field you have) has focus, some code is typed. I'd recommend to check your numlock before starting your VM.
Its an old post but it
worked for me.
the problem returned and this solved it:
http://thismightbehelpful.blogspot.co.i ... st-os.html
"Go to System-->Preferences-->Keyboard (not Keyboard Shortcuts)
Then go under the "Mouse Keys" tab and make sure "Allow to control the pointer using the keyboard" is NOT checked. That solved the problem for me."
P.S debian 32bit on win7-64bit