It's been a while since I've used VirtualBox – Feisty Fawn – but I've had to use it lately to access some Windows stuff in XP.

I got it to work back then (eventually) but I'm having big problems in Jaunty and I'm wondering if it's a ubuntu thing or a general thing. I've thrashed around forums for three nights or so and I haven't found an answer so far.

The VB forums have things similar, but not exactly the same.

I'm using the PUEL version, because I'd like usb support. When I run VB the XP virtual machine runs ok but won't let me right-ctrl to get back to my Linux desktop. I can't do anything until I've close the virtual desktop.

When I install the guest additons it gets worse. The Linux mouse is frozen and the XP mouse disappears, so that I have to guess where it might be in the VM. XP works perfectly, so long as I've an idea where the invisible cursor might be.

Mouse-less capture or not, I'm stuck with a small window XP. Right CTRL will not make any difference. XP is working, however, albeit without a cursor.

I'm locked into a cursor-less XP session until I guess where the log out button might be. Only then can I close the VM and get back to Linux.

From my Feisty days I vaguely remember some sort of udev/fstab edit that make it all work. I can't find an exact answer to my problems in the VB forums so here goes...

Yes, I have aVBoxusers group, and I'm a member of it.

Thanks in advance

Try Compile your own Virtual Box from source. The problem of yours may be because of binary incompatibility.

Thanks confusion,

I'll try that.

What happened?


FWIW, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox:
Personal Use and Evaluation License (PUEL)