** Description changed: Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose - While booting a client image, Virtualbox appears to basically destroy - its main window and draw a new one something like half a dozen times. + 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, it will not stay on the workspace where I started it, either. + 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://fi.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages - 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + Installed: 2.0.4-dfsg-0ubuntu1 + Candidate: 2.0.4-dfsg-0ubuntu1 + Version table: + *** 2.0.4-dfsg-0ubuntu1 0 + 500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status vnix$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 8.10 Release: 8.10
** Summary changed: - Booting a virtualbox instance redraws the window many times + Video mode change in client should not create a new window -- Video mode change in client should not create a new window https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351518 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
