Kali missing Speakup laptop keymap

[Igor Gueths]

On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 03:47:31PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> Yes, vbox handles capslock in a weird way, but it does pass it
> through.
>

So you've effectively been able to sue the Speakup laptop keymap inside later
Virtualbox versions?
>
When I initially use capslock in the guest, it doesn't
> work. However, subsequent presses of the capslock are passed through
> for me. Vbox does trap capslock so to speak, since the capslock state
> in the host is changed every time it is pressed while in the
> guest. This isn't a big deal for me though.
> 

Yeah, I've noticed this as well; it's a bit of a contrast to how VMware
Workstation handles capslock key presses.
>
> Greg
> 
> 
> On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 02:39:49PM -0400, Igor Gueths wrote:
> > So while the keymap isn't missing per se, recalled that Virtualbox traps
> > capslock in a weird way, resulting in it not being passed into the guest
> > properly. So looks like it's numpad emulation for me...Unless somenone has
> > figured out how to pass capslock into a guest so Speakup within can claim its
> 
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