Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox in headless configuration broken after update: delayed echo [ RESOLVED, kinda ]

["J. Roeleveld" <joost@antarean.org>]

On 16 June 2020 21:07:56 CEST, n952162 <n952162@web.de> wrote:
>On 06/10/20 15:19, n952162 wrote:
>>
>> I updated my system and now characters typed into vbox over ssh are
>> not echo-ed until *after* a CR is entered.
>>
>> I diffed the stty output, to see if I could spot anything:
>>
>> 10~>cat /tmp/sttydiff
>> 2,3c2,3
>> <  rows 37
>> <  columns 100
>> ---
>> >  rows 44
>> >  columns 88
>> 21d20
>> <  discard = ^O
>> 23c22,23
>> < min = 1
>> ---
>> > discard = ^O
>> >  min = 1
>> 30c30
>> < hupcl
>> ---
>> > -hupcl
>> 36c36
>> < brkint
>> ---
>> > -brkint
>> 48,49c48,49
>> < imaxbel
>> < iutf8
>> ---
>> > -imaxbel
>> > -iutf8
>>
>> Also, the font seems to be screwed up, because the last line of the
>> window only shows the top half of the line.
>>
>> Anybody else encounter this or know what's wrong?
>>
>> Vbox seems to work okay when run locally, on the machine it's
>> installed on.
>>
>>
>
>I think this is resolved, kinda.
>I just discovered that if I turn off the vbox menu bar, the command
>entry line works properly again, both in X-less console mode and in X.
>     Settings -> User Interface -> Enable menu bar (disable this)
>
>I've always had that menu bar, and need it, so something got
>changed/broken, and I still have a problem, but at least now I don't
>have to enter commands in blindly.

Are these Virtualbox VMs critical?
If yes, I would suggest migrating them to a more reliable virtualisation technology.

I do not consider Virtualbox suitable for anything but a desktop based VM method for a quick test or simulation.

Gor anything serious, I would suggest Xen, KVM or VMWare.

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