Keyboard letters not working

[wmonroe]

Hey everyone,

So I'm using X to open up a Windows 7 guest VM over ssh, and everything is working beautifully up until the point where I need to type anything. For some reason, the letters on my keyboard are not showing up in the VM. I've opened a chrome window and typed and searched there, and a kwrite window and everything is working great there.
Even the VM window responds correctly to the keyboard. I'm getting the following message in the log file.

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00:00:00.811 Your keyboard type does not appear to be known to VirtualBox. If
00:00:00.811 you would like to help us improve the product, please submit a bug
00:00:00.811 report, attach this logfile and provide information about what type
00:00:00.811 of keyboard you have and whether you are using a remote X server or
00:00:00.811 something similar.
00:00:00.811 
00:00:00.811 The tables for your keyboard are:
00:00:00.811 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 
00:00:00.811 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 
00:00:00.811 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x1c, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 
00:00:00.811 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0xf, 0x39, 0x0, 0xe, 0x0, 0x1, 0x0, 0x15b, 
00:00:00.811 0x2a, 0x3a, 0x138, 0x1d, 0x36, 0x138, 0x11d, 0x15c, 0x0, 0x7e, 0x0, 0x37, 0x0, 0x4e, 0x0, 0x1, 
00:00:00.811 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x135, 0x11c, 0x0, 0x4a, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x52, 0x4f, 0x50, 0x51, 0x4b, 0x4c, 
00:00:00.811 0x4d, 0x47, 0x0, 0x48, 0x49, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x3f, 0x40, 0x41, 0x3d, 0x42, 0x43, 0x0, 0x57, 
00:00:00.811 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x44, 0x0, 0x58, 0x0, 0x0, 0x13b, 0x147, 0x149, 0x153, 0x3e, 0x14f, 
00:00:00.811 0x3c, 0x151, 0x3b, 0x14b, 0x14d, 0x150, 0x148, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 
00:00:00.811 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 
00:00:00.811 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 
00:00:00.812 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 
00:00:00.812 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 
00:00:00.812 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 
00:00:00.812 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 
00:00:00.812 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
00:00:00.812 and
00:00:00.812 NULL, 0x43, 0x40, 0x41, 0x38, 0x3d, 0x2c, 0x86, 0x85,
00:00:00.812 0x83, 0x84, 0x82, 0x80, 0x6b, 0x7e, 0x68, 0x69, 0x6a, 0x6c
00:00:00.812 Using XKB for keycode to scan code conversion

The VM is on an openSUSE 11.4 host. The machine I am doing the ssh from is a MacBook Aluminum Unibody laptop. Also, connecting another keyboard to the laptop gives the same result.

Thanks!

[Perryg]

Your keyboard type does not appear to be known to VirtualBox. If
00:00:00.811 you would like to help us improve the product, please submit a bug
00:00:00.811 report, attach this logfile and provide information about what type
00:00:00.811 of keyboard you have and whether you are using a remote X server or
00:00:00.811 something similar.

Report to bugtracker. You will need to setup an account there as it is on a different system.
It would also help if you can post the ticket number here so other can see the progress, add information, or see the final results.

Your description does not make a lot of sense. You say the keyboard does not show up but it works in the VM?
Do you mean that it works if you are in the guest but not when you are in an ssh session?

[wmonroe]

Report to bugtracker. You will need to setup an account there as it is on a different system.
It would also help if you can post the ticket number here so other can see the progress, add information, or see the final results.

will do.

Your description does not make a lot of sense. You say the keyboard does not show up but it works in the VM?
Do you mean that it works if you are in the guest but not when you are in an ssh session?

Sorry for my lack of clarity! The keyboard works in an ssh session. The keyboard works in google chrome and kwrite over the ssh session. Inside the VM itself, none of the letter keys work. Space, delete, caps lock, and the function keys all work.