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Hi guys,

I'm new to VirtualBox (starting today), but I've looked around at possible solutions for my problem and while there are a few related ones, I can't find a solution for this one.

That being said, here goes:
I'm running Max OS 10.6.8 and VirtualBox 4.0.4.
I have installed an Ubuntu 10.04 image to do development work on.

However, a lot of special keys, like @, #, {, }, [, ], etc. are not working within the Ubuntu instance as they should.
I selected the Belgian keyboard layout, and changed 'keyboard type' to Apple (and some variations), but I still the wrong layout. It seems to use the layout for a standard Belgian PC keyboard, not the Apple one.

In the future I would like to share this VM with other developers in the company. Since not all of them have a Mac, I'm hoping for a solution that doesn't dig to deep into the VM itself which would make sharing more difficult probably.
Does anyone have any idea's?

Thanks a lot in advance,
Cheers,

Dieter

Your keyboard looks like noted here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2841? If so, then try a normal Belgian layout. Ubuntu should have an on-screen keyboard that you can bring up that shows you the layout of the selected keyboard. Else there is a text area where you can test the layout.

Thanks for the reply.

Yes, the keyboard that I use looks exactly like the Belgian one on the link you provided.
However, when I select Belgian in Ubuntu, and let it show the layout, it shows the layout of a Belgian PC keyboard, not my Belgian MAC keyboard.

Well, there's not much we can do. You have a Mac, you would have the same problem if you in stalled Linux on it without VB. Please ask in the forums of your distro, which would be http://ubuntuforums.org.

Understood, will do.
Cheers!

In case anyone else gets this problems and comes looking here: to get the Belgian keyboard for Mac, you apparently have to select 'France' as your layout.
No idea why, but it works here now

Actually, on the latest Ubuntu (12.04 or 12.10) all I had to do was select "English (Mac) UK International" and it had my exact keyboard. There are a whole load of Mac variants listed, with a preview.