extraneous character vt1/vty6 horizontal and vertical line in virtualbox guest

Bug #886885 reported by hhlp
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Bug Description

1) guest ubuntu 11.10 32 bits

hhlp@hhlp:~$ apt-cache policy virtualbox-*

virtualbox:
  Installed: 4.1.2-dfsg-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 4.1.2-dfsg-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 4.1.2-dfsg-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
virtualbox-guest-additions-iso:
  Installed: 4.1.2-1
  Candidate: 4.1.2-1
  Version table:
 *** 4.1.2-1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/multiverse i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
virtualbox-dkms:
  Installed: 4.1.2-dfsg-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 4.1.2-dfsg-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 4.1.2-dfsg-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
virtualbox-qt:
  Installed: 4.1.2-dfsg-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 4.1.2-dfsg-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 4.1.2-dfsg-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
virtualbox-guest-utils:
  Installed: 4.1.2-dfsg-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 4.1.2-dfsg-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 4.1.2-dfsg-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
virtualbox-fuse:
  Installed: 4.1.2-dfsg-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 4.1.2-dfsg-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 4.1.2-dfsg-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
virtualbox-guest-dkms:
  Installed: 4.1.2-dfsg-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 4.1.2-dfsg-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 4.1.2-dfsg-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
virtualbox-guest-x11:
  Installed: 4.1.2-dfsg-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 4.1.2-dfsg-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 4.1.2-dfsg-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
hhlp@hhlp:~$

3) good visual of tt1-tty6

4) extraneous character vt1/vty6 horizontal and vertical line in virtualbox guest

just install virtualbox from the repo with the lasted 4.1.6 add a ubuntu guest guest install virtualbox guest addition
and press CRrl-F1 you can't see the virtual console

why all this package still in 4.1.2 ? because the latest is 4.1.6?

there are a workaround >

http://askubuntu.com/questions/72867/help-fixing-virtual-console-tty1-6-under-virtualbox

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: virtualbox 4.1.2-dfsg-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Nov 6 18:10:00 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: virtualbox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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