Troubleshooting broken keys on an Ubuntu 14.04 VM
Issue
When you access an Ubuntu 14.04 VM desktop from the Secure Remote Access (SRA) browser client, the double quote ("
) and tilde (~
) keys may not work because of the standard keyboard settings in the VM guest operating system.
Resolution
To fix the keyboard settings for a standard US keyboard mapping, use the following steps:
- In the Ubuntu guest OS, open the
/etc/default/keyboard
file. -
Change the layout and variant settings to:
XKBLAYOUT="us" XKBVARIANT=""
-
Run the following command:
setupcon
If you want to use a different keyboard layout, edit the layout settings to match the keyboard layout selected on the VM Hardware Settings page (see Overview of VM hardware and guest OS settings).