Opened 16 years ago
Closed 15 years ago
#2232 closed defect (fixed)
Linux screen-saver activates while typing in guest
| Reported by: | Nick Lord | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | GUI | Version: | VirtualBox 2.0.2 |
| Keywords: | screen-saver keyboard | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Windows | Host type: | Linux |
Description
Host: openSUSE 11.0 Guest: Windows XP (SP3) Windowed mode. Although I'm typing in an XP window the Linux Gnome screen-saver activates. This results in missing character(s) as further keyboard activity then deactivates the screen-saver before passing key-strokes to the application. Windows screen-saver is disabled.
Attachments (1)
Change History (9)
comment:1 by , 16 years ago
by , 16 years ago
| Attachment: | VBox.log.1 added |
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comment:3 by , 16 years ago
I suggest that VirtualBox inhibits the hosts screen saver when the keyboard is captured. Use case here: We have people here who give presentations using Powerpoint inside a Virtualbox on a Linux host. The host computer doesn't know that buttons on the keyboard are being pressed, and hence the screensaver kicks in every N minutes during the presentation, which is annoying.
comment:4 by , 16 years ago
| Component: | other → GUI |
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comment:5 by , 16 years ago
comment:6 by , 15 years ago
This problem no longer occurs using VirtualBox Version 3.1.2 on openSUSE 11.2 64-bit. I consider it fixed.
comment:8 by , 15 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
Sorry, forgot to check the log (attached). This says "Your keyboard layout does not appear to fully supported by VirtualBox". Could this be part of the problem? I have a German keyboard with dead keys, but I have no problems with "special" characters in the guest OS.