On Thu, 18 May 2017 10:27:49 -0400, you wrote: >Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> writes: > >[...] > >> OK, getting to the chase: In every one of those vms the Ctrl key on >> std 104 key US keyboard does not work. Needless to say such things as vim >> and emacs suffer severely when Ctrl does not work. >> >> Even the xterms I use a lot, suffer with no capablility to for INT Ctrl-c, or >> ^c. >> >> I'm guessing the main OS (oi-hipster) has in someway hijacked >> exclusive use of CTRL key. But I have no idea how to begin to fix >> this. > > It turns out the above statement was right. The way the HOST os > hi-jacked the ctrl key: > > In the preference settings under: Preferences => hdware => mouse > > There is a check box at `Locate Pointer' > <show postition of pointer when control is pressed> > > I had it checked. Unchecking that box will free the control key to work > inside Vbox vms. > > I found this while googling on the problem where a linux user had the > same problem and eventually discovered a solution that worked for me too. > > https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=10226#p40593
Wow, that was a nasty one. I'm glad you could solve it. -- Regards, Kees Nuyt _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss