I had the same problem and fixed by doing this: In VirtualBox, go to File -> Preferences -> Input; then uncheck "Autocapture keyboard" (http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=572)
-- Could not use keyboard in guest machine under ubuntu 8.04 beta + VirtualBox 1.5.6-OSE https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217364 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs