VirtualBox OSE problem, mouse capture does not permit simultaneous use of both O.S.'s

anotherethan · 10-11-2009, 05:55 PM

I recently installed VirtualBox OSE on my Ubuntu 8.10. My problem is that when using VirtualBox, i am unenable to move my mouse outside the opened window. This means i cannot simultaneously use both the Windows OS simulated by VirtualBox and other functions on my own Ubuntu OS.

Does anybody know why this could be? Thanks in advance...

Quakeboy02 · 10-11-2009, 06:20 PM

This is an RTFM question.

Hit the right control button to release the mouse. Better yet is to install the "Guest Additions" addon.

Added:
And yes, I was caught by this for awhile too. LOL

j1alu · 10-11-2009, 08:25 PM

per default the control-button is the right ctrl (in germany its called strg, thats why i stress it. It took me a while to figure out what they all are talking bout). If you got problems with the guest additions check the virtualbox.forum, they got a very good how-to, or ask again here.
dgreetings