(SOLVED) Virtualbox 5 freeze in fullscreen after upgrade

utvikl · 2015-07-26 19:56:10

Hi

I upgraded to virtualbox 5, but now when I go fullscreen (ctrl-f), the vm seems to freeze and the screen is just blank.

So I'm asking here to find out if someone know about this issue and could point me to a solution?

Thank you for your time.

Last edited by utvikl (2015-09-16 18:10:54)

Mr Green · 2015-08-03 18:20:59

Having the same issue, everything seems up to date.

Name           : virtualbox
Version        : 5.0.0-1
Description    : Powerful x86 virtualization for enterprise as well as home use
Architecture   : x86_64
URL            : http://virtualbox.org
Licences       : GPL  custom
Groups         : None
Provides       : None
Depends On     : glibc  openssl  curl  gcc-libs  libpng  python2  sdl  libvpx  libxml2  procps-ng  shared-mime-info  zlib  libxcursor  libxinerama  libx11  libxext  libxmu  libxt  virtualbox-host-modules
Optional Deps  : qt4: GUI support [installed]
                 vde2: Virtual Distributed Ethernet support
                 virtualbox-guest-iso: Guest Additions CD image
                 virtualbox-ext-vnc: VNC server support
                 virtualbox-sdk: Developer kit
                 virtualbox-host-dkms: Build kernel modules with DKMS
                 net-tools: Host-only or bridged networking support
Required By    : virtualbox-ext-oracle
Optional For   : None
Conflicts With : virtualbox-ose
Replaces       : virtualbox-ose
Installed Size :  86.08 MiB
Packager       : Sébastien Luttringer <seblu@seblu.net>
Build Date     : Tue 21 Jul 2015 20:56:09 BST
Install Date   : Wed 22 Jul 2015 07:40:06 BST
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Validated By   : Signature

Have extension pack loaded...

5.0.0r101573

If you go Host+f screen goes black and freezes

vboxdrv is loaded....

KevinK · 2015-08-13 11:52:38

Same issue for me. Any idea on how we could troubleshoot this problem?

This had happened in the past as well, but it disappeared (even though I don't know why / how). In the past, it also affected any fullscreen window, such as the youtube player.
Now it has come back again, but it is the only program affected (that I know of).

It does look like it's just a screen freeze, though. After a while I can hear the guest's login screen sound, and I can still switch tty. The mouse still renders properly and can be moved, but nothing else.

My output for the package's info is:

Name           : virtualbox
Version        : 5.0.0-1
Description    : Powerful x86 virtualization for enterprise as well as home use
Architecture   : x86_64
URL            : http://virtualbox.org
Licenses       : GPL  custom
Groups         : None
Provides       : None
Depends On     : glibc  openssl  curl  gcc-libs  libpng  python2  sdl  libvpx  libxml2  procps-ng  shared-mime-info  zlib  libxcursor  libxinerama  libx11  libxext
                 libxmu  libxt  virtualbox-host-modules
Optional Deps  : qt4: GUI support [installed]
                 vde2: Virtual Distributed Ethernet support [installed]
                 virtualbox-guest-iso: Guest Additions CD image [installed]
                 virtualbox-ext-vnc: VNC server support [installed]
                 virtualbox-sdk: Developer kit
                 virtualbox-host-dkms: Build kernel modules with DKMS
                 net-tools: Host-only or bridged networking support [installed]
Required By    : virtualbox-ext-oracle  virtualbox-ext-vnc
Optional For   : None
Conflicts With : virtualbox-ose
Replaces       : virtualbox-ose
Installed Size :  86.08 MiB
Packager       : Sébastien Luttringer <seblu@seblu.net>
Build Date     : Tue 21 Jul 2015 09:56:09 PM CEST
Install Date   : Sat 25 Jul 2015 12:07:19 AM CEST
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Validated By   : Signature

My machine automatically starts into fullscreen (most of the times, it randomly and seldomly starts in windowed mode), so it's useless at the moment.

What could we do to troubleshoot this problem? Where / how can we gather relevant information?

Thank you.

piroko · 2015-08-31 21:59:31

Just chiming in to say I also have this issue. Fun!

KevinK · 2015-08-31 22:19:37

I have an update about the issue.

My WM is Enlightenment, and the profile that I used was tiling. At some point I played with the rendering and tiling options. After enabling floating split-mode, the problem seems to have disappeared. When disabled, the issue reappears.

Does any of you use Enlightenment too?

I'll check with the Enlightenment team and see if they know what's going on.

Any ideas on how I could go about debugging this?

piroko · 2015-09-02 21:00:23

KevinK wrote:

I have an update about the issue.
My WM is Enlightenment, and the profile that I used was tiling. At some point I played with the rendering and tiling options. After enabling floating split-mode, the problem seems to have disappeared. When disabled, the issue reappears.
Does any of you use Enlightenment too?
I'll check with the Enlightenment team and see if they know what's going on.
Any ideas on how I could go about debugging this?

I am running i3 (tiling window manager). If I run Virtualbox in fluxbox, fullscreen seems to work, but it's janky. It renders the display on the root background instead of the foreground. Very strange.

SteffnJ · 2015-09-10 07:17:21

Can confirm I have the same issue with i3 window manager. I installed gnome-3 (tried it with kali 2 and it looks pretty smooth), and when running gnome, shifting to full-screen works as it should.

I also had a few other bugs such that everything froze if I tried to send the shutdown signal in i3wm, but it seems to be working as it should in Gnome..

I tried restarting i3wm after all the gnome packages were installed, but did not seem to affect Virtualbox in i3wm. I will be testing Gnome for a while now, then...

Last edited by SteffnJ (2015-09-10 07:24:52)

Feliwyn · 2015-09-11 17:58:14

(Sorry for bad English, I'm French)
Isn't de freeze.
I think i3 doesn't support the fullscreen of Virtualbox.
When u did "host+f" u got a black screen. It's only virtualbox. U can change the Workspace "HOST & $mod-X"
When u come back to the virtualbox's workspace, u have a status bar at bot, with screen. U can disable the fullscreen.

And, if u put the VM in fullscreen, without virtualbox, but with i3 "HOST & $mod+d", u have a 'similiar' to a fullscreen.

Feliwyn · 2015-09-12 15:44:25

OK ! Have find the good option, for make "host+f" works in i3wm!!

Look at the screen
http://i.imgur.com/3CAmijr.png

ewaller · 2015-09-12 16:10:15

Can I make a suggestion for full screen VirtualBox, Rather than running it under a window manager, run it as a window manager

Here is my ~/.xinitrc

#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)

if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
  for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
    [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
  done
  unset f
fi

#xset b off
#setxkbmap -option caps:super
setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps
#autocutsel -fork &
#autocutsel -selection PRIMARY -fork &
export GTK2_RC_FILES="$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0" 
export TERM=linux
#twmnd&

case $WM in
openbox)
	exec  openbox-session
	;;
vb)
    VirtualBox -startvm "Windows 7" -fullscreen
    ;;
i3)
    exec i3
    ;;
dwm)
    exec dwm
    ;;
*)
    exec i3
    ;;
esac

I might be running i3wm on tty1, then I change to tty2 (Ctrl-Alt-F2), login and execute WM=vb startx and *poof* Windows 7 in a full screen environment that is hard to differentiate from bare metal -- except for the auto hiding control panel at the top. I flip between i3 and the VM with Ctrl-Alt-[F1,F2]

twelveeighty · 2015-09-12 17:45:48

ewaller wrote:

Can I make a suggestion for full screen VirtualBox, Rather than running it under a window manager, run it as a window manager

You just blew my mind, @ewaller! Been running VBox on Arch for many years, but never seen this approach. Brilliant!

This should be added to the Wiki. I can add it as well, let me know.

Only downside of running it like this is that there's no copy-paste between your DE and your running VM, is there?

ewaller · 2015-09-12 17:58:32

twelveeighty wrote:

Only downside of running it like this is that there's no copy-paste between your DE and your running VM, is there?

Yes, I believe that is a limitation. There might be a work around. I'll think about it -- it will have to do with sharing clipboards between login sessions.

Mr Green · 2015-09-13 07:14:25

I run i3 and not had this problem with older versions of VB, going to try your method as I find it a pain to run a VM in a window. Maybe use

VBoxClient -h
Usage: VBoxClient --clipboard|--draganddrop|--display|--checkhostversion|--seamless [-d|--nodaemon]
Starts the VirtualBox X Window System guest services.

Options:
  --clipboard        starts the shared clipboard service
  --draganddrop      starts the drag and drop service
  --display          starts the display management service
  --checkhostversion starts the host version notifier service
  --seamless         starts the seamless windows service
  -d, --nodaemon     continues running as a system service
  -h, --help         shows this help text
  -V, --version      shows version information

Under guest

Feliwyn · 2015-09-14 09:33:11

For real. If u have some probleme, disable this option

>> http://imgur.com/q2cWLhal.png

(For i3)

Last edited by Feliwyn (2015-09-14 09:45:52)

utvikl · 2015-09-16 18:08:37

@Feliwyn and @ewaller I can't thank you enough for your post here! You saved my year because I was actually thinking hard to do something dramatically (like change stuff) with my current setup of arch, awesome wm and virtualbox.

I know the underlying issue is probably not solved, but if nobody objects I set this thread to solved.

frostbittenking · 2015-09-19 10:44:06

I'll be damned. @Feliwyn thanks. Had the same problem with awesome wm.

ashic · 2020-12-07 11:35:33

@Feliwyn years later... I ran into this problem, and this actually solved it for me as well. It's STILL the issue, and it STILL works. Thanks.

WorMzy · 2020-12-07 14:26:50

Please do not necrobump.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … bumping%22

Closing.

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