virtualbox window suddenly moves to another virtual desktop

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement]

Binary package hint: compiz

I've seen this behaviour only with the virtualbox window (the window when the guest os runs) and most of the time when working with Thunderbird on another virtual desktop

Test Case:
- Go to virtual desktop 1
- Launch a virtualbox VM
- Switch to another virtual desktop e.g 4
- Do something (I usually use thunderbird)

Result:
- Suddenly the Virtualbox window which was on desktop 1 appears on desktop 4.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: compiz 1:0.9.2.1+glibmainloop4-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic 2.6.37
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/allscreens/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: Off
 modes: 1280x800
 edid-base64: AP///////wAGEF6cAAAAAAkQAQOAHRN4CmUhn1hVhyopUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBvBsAoFAgFzAwIDYAHrIQAAAYAAAAAQAGECAAAAAAAAAAAAogAAAA/gBOMTMzSTEtTDAxCiAgAAAA/ABDb2xvciBMQ0QKICAgAGE=
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1600x1200 1280x1024 1280x1024 1152x864 1024x768 1024x768 800x600 800x600 640x480 640x480 720x400
 edid-base64: AP///////wAQrAegTDhQMC8PAQMOKR947mOQo1dLmyURUFSlSwCBgKlAcU8BAQEBAQEBAQEBSD9AMGKwMkBAwBMAbxMRAAAeAAAA/wBDMDg4MTVCSTBQOEwgAAAA/ABERUxMIDIwMDFGUAogAAAA/QA4TB9QEAAKICAgICAgAJA=
Date: Wed Jan 26 12:44:29 2011
DistUpgraded: Yes, recently upgraded Log time: 2009-11-14 16:29:16.249784
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 vboxhost, 4.0.2, 2.6.37-12-generic, i686: installed
 virtualbox-ose, 3.2.12, 2.6.37-12-generic, i686: installed (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!)
 virtualbox-ose, 3.2.12, 2.6.37-11-generic, i686: installed (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!)
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:14e2]
   Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:14e2]
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. U3SG
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37-12-generic root=UUID=75f23f17-3ace-4485-af57-a7318eb6c2ff ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Renderer: Hardware acceleration
SourcePackage: compiz
UnitySupportTest:

dmi.bios.date: 01/28/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 305
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: U3SG
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr305:bd01/28/2008:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnU3SG:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnU3SG:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: U3SG
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.22-2ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.9+repack-1ubuntu6
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu8
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.13.901-2ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A

[Ronald McCollam (fader)]

This seems to happen when the guest machine changes video mode. This can also be seen by dragging the guest VM window when it is changing mode (e.g. during boot up) -- the drag will continue but the window will jump out from under the mouse cursor, making for interesting effects.

[Patrick Wright (patrickmwright)]

I have experienced all of these "glitches" with Virtualbox as well. I can confirm this occurs after the initial window opens just as the guest os starts to boot.

[jhfhlkjlj (fdsuufijjejejejej-deactivatedaccount)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot if you could test it on a currently supported Ubuntu version. When you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the updated logs by running apport-collect <bug #> and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

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