Sunday, January 25, 2009

If the number pad isn't working on the Guest OS in Virtualbox...

If the number pad isn't working on the Guest OS in Virtualbox, try the following:
Go to System-->Preferences-->Keyboard (not Keyboard Shortcuts)
Then go under the "Mouse Keys" tab and make sure "Allow to control the pointer using the keyboard" is NOT checked. That solved the problem for me.

Sources:
Ubuntu forum post one
Ubuntu forum post two
(Another possible, but untested, solution)