#677242 virtualbox-guest-x11: Keyboard stops working after some time.

Package:
xserver-xorg-input-evdev
Source:
xserver-xorg-input-evdev
Description:
X.Org X server -- evdev input driver
Submitter:
Cord Beermann
Date:
2018-12-14 00:42:05 UTC
Severity:
important
#677242#5
Date:
2012-06-12 15:34:28 UTC
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Hello,

after Upgrading to virtualbox-guest-* 4.1.16-dfsg-1 my keyboard stops working
in X after some minutes using it. The mouse is not affected, Cut&Paste still
works.

When i stop the X-Server the keyboard on console is running without problem.

My System is a Debian unstable running on a Windows7-host.

I couldn't find any information in Virtualbox' log, or inside the Xorg-Log
that could be related to the problem.

After Downgrading to 4.1.16-dfsg-1 all seems to be ok again for some hours
now.

Cord
#677242#10
Date:
2012-06-13 13:08:59 UTC
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Are you sure that the problem is only present in 4.1.16-dfsg-2?
4.1.16-dfsg-2 doesn't have any code changes in the guest additions.

Felix
#677242#15
Date:
2012-06-13 14:43:00 UTC
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Hallo! Du (Felix Geyer) hast geschrieben:

As I couldn't find anything in the Logs i'm not sure.

What I know is:

I upgraded virtualbox-guest-x11, virtualbox-guest-utils,
virtualbox-guest-dkms from 4.1.16-dfsg-1 to 4.1.16-dfsg-2 in the
morning.

I got the problems.

I rebooted the hostsystem and the client (the latter three times.)
Problem was reproduceable.

I downgraded to 4.1.16-dfsg-1 and rebooted the client-system, the problem
didn't show up again for the last 24hours.

Cord
#677242#20
Date:
2012-07-03 10:00:13 UTC
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severity 677242 important
tags 677242 unreproducible
thanks

I can't reproduce the bug.
Does version 4.1.18 fix the problem?

Felix
#677242#29
Date:
2012-07-03 10:03:55 UTC
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Hallo! Du (Felix Geyer) hast geschrieben:

I installed 4.1.18 on Server and Client 3hours ago. No problem til
now. If it runs for 24h I will close this bug.

Cord
#677242#34
Date:
2012-07-04 06:46:38 UTC
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I upgraded Server and Client to 4.1.18-dfsg-1 (besides other changes that
happened in the meantime to kernel, Xorg and so on).

It now runs for 24 hours and the problem didn't pop up again.
#677242#39
Date:
2012-07-10 14:58:24 UTC
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Hi,

the problem showed up again.

It is related with Cut&Pasting with the mouse.

When I cut & Paste the Keyboard stops working without a notice.

I haven't found a way to make the keyboard working again, besides logging out.

When I start a second Xserver parallel then that one is working, but the other
not.

Cord
#677242#52
Date:
2012-07-15 11:58:00 UTC
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seems that others also have the problem. And it seems not related to
virtualbox.

I merge this bug into #677173

Cord
#677242#57
Date:
2012-07-14 21:28:56 UTC
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seems that others also have the problem. And it seems not related to
virtualbox.

I merge this bug into #677173

Cord
#677242#62
Date:
2012-07-16 10:05:52 UTC
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More observations.

Again the keyboard went away while cut&pasting. The Cut&Pasting happens in
stock xterms which contain ssh-sessions to remote hosts (just a few ms away)

My Environment is a Virtualbox, which runs on a Win7-Host.

After Keyboard went away I could enable the USB-Export of the Keyboard
connected to the Win7-Host and was able to continue working.

Disabling of the Keyboard leaves me still without.

hth. Please let me know if i can help with more information.

Cord
#677242#71
Date:
2012-07-31 23:37:16 UTC
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It looks like this behavior depends on the display manager you use.

I tried to reproduce the issue on a couple of co-workers computers (one
sid, one *buntu) and it didn't work.  I switched my display manager from
gdm3 to kdm, and I can no longer enable slow keys by holding down shift.

Should this be a bug with gdm/gconf?