Video mode change in client should not create a new window
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Virtualbox |
Unknown
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Unknown
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virtualbox-ose (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose
It appears that when a Virtualbox instance changes its video mode, this causes Virtualbox to destroy its window and create a new one.
If the user has switched to a different workspace in the meantime, the new window will be drawn in the currently active workspace, effectively causing Virtualbox to appear to switch workspaces on its own.
While booting a client image (e.g. any recent Ubuntu live CD), this happens multiple times in fairly rapid succession.
This is annoying a disruptive when you are attempting to get some other work done while booting an image. I frequently click "start" and switch to a different workspace in order to do some other work while the image starts, but because of this behavior, Virtualbox will not stay on the workspace where I started it. Instead, it pops up on top of the current window, in the worst case stealing password input or other sensitive keystrokes.
vnix$ apt-cache policy virtualbox-ose
virtualbox-ose:
Installed: 2.0.4-dfsg-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 2.0.4-dfsg-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 2.0.4-dfsg-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
vnix$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
description: | updated |
summary: |
- Booting a virtualbox instance redraws the window many times + Video mode change in client should not create a new window |
Changed in virtualbox: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in virtualbox: | |
status: | New → Unknown |
Still there in Jaunty.