Comment 5 for bug 217364

Hello,

You solution does work after the addtional tools installed and loaded.
However if you try use keyboard during the system bootup period or to
install a new guest system, keyboard still doesnot work.

Thanks,

Daniel Hahler wrote:
> ** Changed in: virtualbox-ose (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Medium
> Status: New => Triaged
>
> ** Description changed:
>
> Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose
>
> When I install a guest machine (anyone) in virtualbox-ose (actually it
> does not matter virtualbox or virtualbxo-ose, the situation is the same)
> under ubuntu 8.04 beta, I could not use my keyboard to input in guest
> machine. But if I uncheck the "enable complex character input" from
> language config window and reboot, keyboard is working in guest machine.
> However this method is not a ideal solution for me.
> +
> + WORKAROUND:
> + In VirtualBox, go to File -> Preferences -> Input; then uncheck "Autocapture keyboard"
>