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No pipe symbol in Ubuntu 11.04 running in Windows 7 x64 VirtualBox

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Mar 15, 202624135 views
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For some reason I cannot type a pipe(|) symbol with US keyboard in Ubuntu while I can do it in Windows 7 which also uses US keyboard. Normally I use left-shift with the button next to it to type a pipe symbol, but in Ubuntu it creates < and > with shift (like "shift+," and "shift+." are already doi…

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Fix for: No pipe symbol in Ubuntu 11.04 running in Windows 7 x64 VirtualBox

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I fixed this for my Dell keyboard by running and selecting the most similar keyboard (SK-7100, I think - my actual keyboard is a SK-8165) and guessing sensible options for the other questions (in my case, UK layout, extended-winkeys, no compose). Th…

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