VirtualBox 4.3.6 keyboard repeats keystrokes

[John]

On Mon, Feb 03, 2014 at 09:38:45PM +0100, CeDeROM wrote:
> Hello :-)
> 
> I have noticed that quite often keystrokes are repeated in VBox 4.3.6
> OSE on FreeBSD-10.0 AMD64. For example when I press cursor left it
> repeats many times, letters also. The fast way to stop this is to
> switch to another application on my BSD box then switch back to VBox..
> 
> Did anyone notice this behavior? What is the problem?

Yeah, I've seen it and it's a real pain. It doesn't matter if one is
local or remote, if you type fast enough, it happens locally as well. I
seem to remember there may be a repeat rate that needs to be set but my
workaround is to not use the graphical client.

It doesn't matter if one uses VNC or RDP or whatever. It happens locally
if one types fast enough. Remotely, (ssh into host then exporting X over
a fast ssh connection) it has made installing an ubuntu guest on a
freebsd host impossible. Exporting an xterm over the same connection and
keyboard repeat is normal. The effect from what I've read is not unique
to freebsd hosts.
-- 
John