CTRL-C does not work in Terminal

[jkstill]

I installed VirtualBox 3.0.10 on Windows 7 Professional 64 bit.

Following that I have installed both Ubuntu and RedHat 4 as a guest OS.

While both installed fine and are working, when I try to use CTRL-C to break a running program within the System Terminal, the program continues running.

Pressing CTRL-C at the command prompt does nothing.

In previous installations on Windows XP pro there were no issues.

I have searched for this topic and found no help.

Any ideas?

[Sasquatch]

Does xev produce code like this or not:

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KeyPress event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x6200001,
    root 0x1a7, subw 0x0, time 29432992, (562,743), root:(567,793),
    state 0x10, keycode 37 (keysym 0xffe3, Control_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x6200001,
    root 0x1a7, subw 0x0, time 29433323, (562,743), root:(567,793),
    state 0x14, keycode 54 (keysym 0x63, c), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (03) ""
    XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (03) ""
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x6200001,
    root 0x1a7, subw 0x0, time 29433410, (562,743), root:(567,793),
    state 0x14, keycode 54 (keysym 0x63, c), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (03) ""
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x6200001,
    root 0x1a7, subw 0x0, time 29433614, (562,743), root:(567,793),
    state 0x14, keycode 37 (keysym 0xffe3, Control_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

Run it from terminal.

Does a Ctrl+C work if you're not running anything, but type something, then press it? Maybe you forgot to give the terminal focus.

[jkstill]

I ran xev from terminal - pressing CTRL-C does nothing using the right CTRL key.

However I did find that the left CTRL key does work.

That seems very odd. I can't recall ever seeing this behavior.

Any thoughts as to the right CTRL key is ignored.

The reason I didn't notice earlier is because I almost never use the left CTRL key.

[Sasquatch]

Check the bottom right of the main GUI. There is your problem.

[jkstill]

A few minutes after posting this the problem hit me.

The right CTRL key is used to get out of the guest OS.

D'oh!

I've already slapped myself upside the head.