Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 16:15:27 -0700 From: John Kennedy <warlock@phouka.net> To: FreeBSD User <freebsd@walstatt-de.de> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD X11 guest in VBox: mouse pointer caught in guest forever Message-ID: <Yv12jzFotDJUmdCS@phouka1.phouka.net> In-Reply-To: <20220817143148.26019775@thor.intern.walstatt.dynvpn.de> References: <20220817143148.26019775@thor.intern.walstatt.dynvpn.de>
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On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 02:31:21PM +0200, FreeBSD User wrote: > ... FreeBSD 13.1-p1 and X11 (xdm, windowmaker) is up and running, everything is fine, I got a > mouse pointer, the keyboard with German layout is well supported. > > emulators/virtualbox-ose-guest-additions is installed as instructed in the handbook. > > The target computer is a Lenovo T590 with a remote/cordless mouse (if this information is of > any use). > > Problem: once clicking the mouse to enter login data on xdm, the mousepointer is caught > forever within the guest. Usually the combination "left-Ctrl right-Ctrl" should release the > mouse pointer to reach the Vbox. This is not working anymore. > > Somehow I have the strange feeling that the keyboard setup is missing something so the correct > keys are not mapped according the physical layout, but there is no hint what > XkbModel/XkbVariant I should use (tried pc105, thinkpad or avoid the Option, with no effect so > far). IMHO, don't blame the virtualised OS for Vbox behavior, but sometimes they go hand-in-hand. Some of those guest-helpers help translate the real-host mouse positioning into the guest-hosts coordinate space so it doesn't have to do rude things like mouse-grabs. I'd certainly double-check the host release-key and make sure it didn't get changed somehow. You might also try making sure that the auto-capture stuff is disabled and see how things behave. [I haven't used virtualbox in quite a while and poisoned my brain with other things that I use at work, so sorry if I'm vague.]
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