HUD Shows When Using Alt- Combination Within a VirtualBox Guest

Bug #981161 reported by Michael Iles
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unity (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Host is Ubuntu 12.04 beta. VirtualBox guest is Ubuntu 11.10 with a bunch of apps that I need for work. When I use an Alt- combination within the guest (e.g. Alt-F to get a File menu) the HUD on the host shows up. Turning off the HUD in CCSM > Unity Plugin resolves the problem.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xorg (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,decor,compiztoolbox,move,regex,gnomecompat,mousepoll,animation,vpswitch,workarounds,grid,wall,place,snap,imgpng,unitymtgrabhandles,resize,session,expo,ezoom,staticswitcher,fade,scale,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Fri Apr 13 16:48:07 2012
DistUpgraded: 2012-03-04 09:44:25,280 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 virtualbox, 4.1.12, 3.2.0-22-generic, x86_64: installed
 virtualbox, 4.1.12, 3.2.0-23-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV620 LE [Radeon HD 3450] [1002:95c5] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:9018]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Studio 540
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic root=UUID=c9c7d552-b023-47cd-97e6-9a83fd53e1cd ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-04 (40 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 08/25/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.1.3
dmi.board.name: 0M017G
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: '01'
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.1.3:bd08/25/2009:svnDellInc.:pnStudio540:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0M017G:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvr'01':
dmi.product.name: Studio 540
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.6-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu26
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

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Michael Iles (michael-iles) wrote :
Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)
affects: xorg (Ubuntu) → unity (Ubuntu)
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 806255, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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