Opened 2 years ago
Last modified 22 months ago
#21016 new defect
KUbuntu 22.04 jammy host, Virtualbox 6.1.32 Windows guest: copy and paste causes GUI to freeze
| Reported by: | cs224 | Owned by: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component: | GUI | Version: | VirtualBox 6.1.34 |
| Keywords: | freeze, copy, paste | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Windows | Host type: | Linux |
Description
I am running a windows guest in Virtual Box on Kubuntu 22.04 jammy with kernel 5.15.0-27-generic. From time to time I experience different kinds of freezes. Sometimes, when I am in the VM I can contiue to work in the VM, but can't select another window from the host. Sometimes, when I am outside of the VM I can continue to work in all windows of the host, but can't switch back to the guest. In all cases so far I was able to switch to the console (Ctrl-Alt-F2) and back to the GUI. The mouse continues to work.
Often the system went back to normal after waiting for a couple of seconds. But some times, even waiting for 10 minutes, does not solve the problem and the poweroff via the CLI from the console helps: "VBoxManage controlvm poweroff".
I had this problem also seldomly on KUbuntu 18.04. It was so rare that I did not bother. Now it is happening more often and I already tried to find a solution via Google.
By now I am quite certain that it is caused by copy-and-paste in the Windows VM and keeping things selected. Especially when working with Excel. This forum post seems to describe the same issue: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=99685
I've also asked on askubuntu: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1406257/kubuntu-22-04-jammy-host-virtualbox-6-1-32-windows-guest-gui-freezes-in-both-d At the time I thought it might be related to using shared folders, but by now I am quite certain that copy and pasting from Windows to Linux causes the problem.
Change History (4)
comment:1 by , 2 years ago
comment:2 by , 23 months ago
Hi cs224,
VirtualBox host package and Guest Additions mentioned in https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=99685 are quite old. We have improvements in this area since then. Have you updated Guest Additions to 6.1.34 as well (fixes were affecting both host and Additions part)?
comment:3 by , 22 months ago
@galitsyn: yes, I have updated all components. I always keep everything up to date. The problem still persists.
The header still says Virtualbox 6.1.32, but in the meanwhile I have upgraded to 6.1.34 and it still happens.