boots straight to the try/install screen without having to flip virtual terminals or anything.
i'm guessing this is either a host hardware conflict of some kind or perhaps the issue is related to the amd64 image. no amd64 machine handy to test right now.
another successful test:
image: Xubuntu i386 20141016 96516~Ubuntu~ raring
vm: VirtualBox 4.3.18-
host: Kubuntu 14.04
boots straight to the try/install screen without having to flip virtual terminals or anything.
i'm guessing this is either a host hardware conflict of some kind or perhaps the issue is related to the amd64 image. no amd64 machine handy to test right now.