[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#648037: virtualbox: Host Gnome menus not visible on some screen configurations

[Colin Turner]

Package: virtualbox
Version: 4.1.4-dfsg-1
Severity: minor

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I'm running a VM (running Windows 7) in fullscreen mode in a dual monitor environment.

Host screen 1 shows my regular Gnome desktop, and Host screen 2 is set for the VM. Two odd little things:

1. If one clicks in the VM to give it focus, and then on the Gnome menus (either in gnome-shell proper or fallback mode or Gnome 2, the menu clicked on highlights, but it doesn't "unfurl" downwards. Clicking back in a Gnome window to bring focus back "fixes" this.

2. Sometimes pressing Host + Home, brings the pop up menu in the other screen, which is no big deal, but slightly surprising.

Many thanks for your work on this package.

CT.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages virtualbox depends on:
ii  adduser          3.113           
ii  libc6            2.13-21         
ii  libcurl3         7.21.7-3        
ii  libgcc1          1:4.6.1-15      
ii  libpng12-0       1.2.46-3        
ii  libpython2.7     2.7.2-5         
ii  libqtcore4       4:4.7.3-5       
ii  libqtgui4        4:4.7.3-5       
ii  libsdl1.2debian  1.2.14-6.4      
ii  libssl1.0.0      1.0.0e-2        
ii  libstdc++6       4.6.1-15        
ii  libvncserver0    0.9.7-3+b1      
ii  libx11-6         2:1.4.4-2       
ii  libxcursor1      1:1.1.12-1      
ii  libxext6         2:1.3.0-3       
ii  libxml2          2.7.8.dfsg-5    
ii  libxmu6          2:1.1.0-3       
ii  libxt6           1:1.1.1-2       
ii  python           2.7.2-9         
ii  python-central   0.6.17          
ii  zlib1g           1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3

Versions of packages virtualbox recommends:
ii  libgl1-mesa-swx11 [libgl1]  7.11-6      
ii  libqt4-opengl               4:4.7.3-5   
ii  virtualbox-dkms             4.1.4-dfsg-1
ii  virtualbox-qt               4.1.4-dfsg-1
ii  virtualbox-source           4.1.4-dfsg-1

Versions of packages virtualbox suggests:
ii  vde2                            2.2.3-3+b1
ii  virtualbox-guest-additions-iso  4.1.4-1   

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