It works in other wm's, I don't have additions installed though. I will try that. Thanks! Jordan Wilberding On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Henrique G. Abreu wrote:

VirtualBox and xmonad work fine here, I don't have any problem, even without guest additions. It's probably something in your virtualbox, have you tested with other wm's? Do you have guest additions installed (on the guest)? With additions the mouse can always leave the virtualbox normally. And, as I expect, if you click inside the guest area, xmonad won't capture it. But you can float vb window by clicking its boarders or bars (that are outside guest area).

Regards, Henrique G. Abreu

On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 08:34, Jordan Wilberding wrote:

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Greetings,

When I try to use VirtualBox in xmonad, it fails to give up control of the mouse or keyboard when I use the release key (right ctrl).

I was hoping this was just a bug from a while ago in virtual box or xmonad, but I just tried it again this morning and still have the same problem? Anyone know a good work around?

Thanks! Jordan Wilberding

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Switched the host key to f12. All works good now. Does xmonad do something special with right ctrl? Thanks! Jordan Wilberding On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Jordan Wilberding wrote:

Well installing the add-ons lets me work around the focus grab problem. But it still doesn't understand Host+F to switch to and from full screen, and once its full screen I can't use xmonad keys either to do stuff like switch to another screen with Mod+2 or something.

Thanks! Jordan Wilberding

On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Jordan Wilberding wrote:

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It works in other wm's, I don't have additions installed though. I will try that.

Thanks! Jordan Wilberding

On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Henrique G. Abreu wrote:

...

VirtualBox and xmonad work fine here, I don't have any problem, even without guest additions. It's probably something in your virtualbox, have you tested with other wm's? Do you have guest additions installed (on the guest)? With additions the mouse can always leave the virtualbox normally. And, as I expect, if you click inside the guest area, xmonad won't capture it. But you can float vb window by clicking its boarders or bars (that are outside guest area).

Regards, Henrique G. Abreu

On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 08:34, Jordan Wilberding wrote:

...

Greetings,

When I try to use VirtualBox in xmonad, it fails to give up control of the mouse or keyboard when I use the release key (right ctrl).

I was hoping this was just a bug from a while ago in virtual box or xmonad, but I just tried it again this morning and still have the same problem? Anyone know a good work around?

Thanks! Jordan Wilberding

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I frequently have issues with VMWare not releasing the keyboard after xscreensaver has tried to lock the screen (and failed) while VM owns the keyboard. When released, I can't leave the VM window. The workaround is to use any dropdown menu on the VM window (ie: help/about), so that you have to click something. After that it works normally. Good luck. On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 01:42:03PM -0400, wagnerdm@seas.upenn.edu wrote:

Quoting Jordan Wilberding :

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Switched the host key to f12. All works good now. Does xmonad do something special with right ctrl?

Not unless you tell it to. Maybe you should check with xev whether hitting right control sends the keypress you think it should be pressing.

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