Keyboard and mouse freeze, Vista host, Ubuntu guest

[Natovr]

When I start up Ubuntu under Vista host, my keyboard and mouse freezes. The freeze happens as soon as I can see the Ubuntu GUI. I can't get host control back because the keyboard is frozen. I can't shut down the virtual machine because the mouse is frozen. Sceen activity continues, but no interface with the host or guest. I have to do a force shut-down to exit this state...

Also, this seems to be a random error... the graphics card driver crashes and the computer restarts by itself. I updated the driver yesterday (27 Oct 2008)

[Natovr]

First attempt at Ubuntu startup

[Natovr]

Debian startup (this one, the graphics card driver crashed)

[Natovr]

Second Debian startup... this one, the KB and mouse crashed. Note: this is a netinst CD ISO file

[Martin Abrahamsson]

Hi,

Are you using a laptop with both wireless and wired network connections? I get the same errors though only when using the wired connection.

[Natovr]

Replying to mabrahamsson:

Hi,

Are you using a laptop with both wireless and wired network connections? I get the same errors though only when using the wired connection.

No, I'm just using wireless, but there is a slot for wired Ethernet. I haven't used it in a while.

[amin]

i have the same problem man!!! nobody can help us? so if there is no solution i'll try vmware...who knows more workstation?

[Sander van Leeuwen]

Fixed in 2.1.4. Wait a bit.

[Sander van Leeuwen]

Duplicate of #1606.

[Jan De Boever]

Problem still exists: Host = Ubuntu-Linux 9.04 64-bit, Guest = Windows Vista 32-bit.

Running in a window the workaround (as described elsewhere) is to minimize and restore the guest.

However when running full-screen and the keyboard gets locked there is no way to gain back access nor to the Vista guest, nor to the underlying Linux host. Need to hit the reset-button. Not so nice.

[MrX1980]

Please try it with v3.0.0

[Jan De Boever]

Thanks for your suggestion MrX1980. No change of behaviour, though. Some more observations:

• running ubuntu Desktop 9.04 patches applied
• running VB 3.0.0
• running Windows Vista (SP1) in a window
• waiting +- 15 min
• clicking inside the VB-window, I can move around any Vista window, drag drop, etc.
• obviously the mouse is grabbed by VB - this is also visible through the icon in the bottom-right corned of the VB-window.
• However the keyboard icon remains grey. There is no way to grab the keyboard by typing (i.e. right-ctrl, alt, ^{c, etc.)}
• the only way to give control back to the keyboard is clicking any host-application, then clicking the Windows-Vista guest again. Now all is well.
• The down-side of this workaround is that it does NOT work whenever the Windows-Vista guest is full-screen (right-ctrl-F).