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I have installed a Virtual Box Ubuntu 14.04.

I run into two very basic problems:

  1. Somehow I cannot type \ | ~ characters in terminal or textfile. It is a clean and fresh install under Virtual Box.

  2. In attempt to solve problem 1, I try to rename or remove /etc/inputrc. (~/.inputrc seems not to exist in my user folder). But how do I use graphical sudo to obtain the rights to rename or remove the file? Or how do I get about problem 1 otherwise?

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  • I do not think inputrc is related. It's either the keyboard setting inside the virtual box, or outside (or both). Aug 10, 2014 at 18:04
  • How do you know you can not type \ , | and ~? Did you try combinations with AltGr? Aug 10, 2014 at 18:05
  • Thanks for your comments. I have now discovered that it is the Alt- Gr button that is not working. Not in terminal, Writer, Gedit... You think that concerns Virtual Box settings? Aug 10, 2014 at 18:14
  • I do not use virtualbox, but check whether one keyboard is set to us, and one is not, or so. Aug 10, 2014 at 18:16
  • I have changed Virtual Box input settings to make Hostkey something else than Right-Ctrl, as suggested somewhere. Still no result. Keyboard setting is Belgian both in host and in virtual machine, not US. Somewhere they speak about changing a file .Xmodmap but I understand nihil of it. Aug 10, 2014 at 19:03

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The OP found that the the problem is caused by a bug in Virtualbox:

The issue is related to the VirtualBox "Guest additions" software.

This post confirms there is a bug in version 4.3.14:
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=62687

VirtualBox 4.3.14 is the latest version, which I am using.
As a work around I will downgrade to an earlier version.

The page also provides a test build of VirtualBox 4.3.15.



@user3817704 This answer is derived from the comments you made on the question. The comments can get lost, so I make it an answer. Feel free to answer yoursef or build your answer on this, I will remove my answer then.

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  • I completely agree with your answer, thanks and regards. Aug 11, 2014 at 9:43

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