Strange behaviour with Italian keyboard
Posted: 11. Dec 2010, 19:59
I have an ubuntu-10.10 amd_64 host with latest VirtualBox (3.2.12) installed.
The host has an it-IT keyboard (USB, if it matters).
I am trying to install ubuntu-10.10_i386 server as guest.
Installation goes ok and the system boots regularly.
Unfortunately not all keys are working.
In particular the open brace ("{") has a very strange and annoying behavior.
In Italian keyboard open brace is Shift-AltGr-รจ
If I send this combination at the prompt I see a very strange output:
and the terminal is completely unusable.
Typing [RightArrow] the display goes to tty2 (like Ctrl-F2 in a normal console) and I can login anew.
If I kill the offending bash (on tty1) via "kill -HUP ####" I can go back ("chvt 1") to the login prompt and re-login. The terminal has been reseted to working condition.
How can I enter a "{" ????
UPDATE:
If logged as root ("sudo -i") everything works as expected.
I did not customize my system in any way. I just did a minimal install.
Needless to say the same ubuntu 10.10 works flawlessly in the host machine.
TiA
ZioNemo
The host has an it-IT keyboard (USB, if it matters).
I am trying to install ubuntu-10.10_i386 server as guest.
Installation goes ok and the system boots regularly.
Unfortunately not all keys are working.
In particular the open brace ("{") has a very strange and annoying behavior.
In Italian keyboard open brace is Shift-AltGr-รจ
If I send this combination at the prompt I see a very strange output:
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mcon@thirdparty:~$ .{bash{_{history,logout},rc},cache,mc,profile,sudo_as_admin_successful} .Typing [RightArrow] the display goes to tty2 (like Ctrl-F2 in a normal console) and I can login anew.
If I kill the offending bash (on tty1) via "kill -HUP ####" I can go back ("chvt 1") to the login prompt and re-login. The terminal has been reseted to working condition.
How can I enter a "{" ????
UPDATE:
If logged as root ("sudo -i") everything works as expected.
I did not customize my system in any way. I just did a minimal install.
Needless to say the same ubuntu 10.10 works flawlessly in the host machine.
TiA
ZioNemo