I have attached the Xorg logs from both the working and non-working VM's. There seems to be some issue with xkb creating xkm files at the end of the machine that is not working.
** Attachment added: "Xorg.log.tar.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42928275/Xorg.log.tar.gz -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs