On 09/04/2015 01:24 AM, Alexis BRENON wrote:
> Is there any icon in the VB tray indicating that mouse is captured by VB?
> For example, using Xephyr, if you press Ctrl+Shift, mouse is grab by
> Xephyr, and you're not allowed to move the mouse outside the Xephyr's
> window. I believe to remember that VB guest additions allow to move the
> mouse from guest to host without hitting the host key (the special key
> which disable the keyboard grabbing).. Maybe you have to disable this
> feature (if it exists).

Yes, you are right, if I deactivate the mouse integration feature (by 
right-clicking on the mouse icon on the bottom) then I can move the windows 
inside the guest with Mod4.  The downside is that I now have to mouse-click to 
enter the guest and use the host key to leave it.

I still think that it should be possible to use VB mouse integration and Mod4 
inside at the same time.  But debugging that will be challenging.

Thanks.

> 
> Kind,
> Alexis
> 
> Le jeu. 3 sept. 2015 à 20:26, Marc Petit-Huguenin <[email protected]>
> a écrit :
> 
>> On 09/03/2015 11:54 AM, Greg Meyer wrote:
>>> This is interesting. I've had similar problems with VMs other similar
>>> software before. I'm not sure what the solution would be, unfortunately,
>>> but I would be interested to hear if you find one.
>>>
>>> My best guess would be this: VirtualBox grabs the mouse when you're in
>> the
>>> VM and releases it when you press the host key.
>>
>> According to the icon indicator at the bottom of VB, the keyboard is still
>> captured by VB, although the VB window is moving.  That's why I suspect
>> that the problem is AWM somehow intercepting the event, although it should
>> not.
>>
>>> Is there any chance that
>>> your host key has been mapped to mod4?
>>
>> No, it is a different key (Alt during my tests).
>>
>>>
>>> Best,
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Greg Meyer
>>>
>>> gmmeyer.com
>>>
>>> @GMMeyer <https://twitter.com/@GMMeyer>
>>>
>>> 862 684 9101
>>>
>>> [email protected]
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Marc Petit-Huguenin <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am using a guest Linux instance with Awesome in Virtualbox.  This
>>>> Virtualbox guest is itself running in a Linux host that is also using
>>>> Awesome.
>>>>
>>>> The Mod4 key works fine with key sequences in the guest - i..e. when
>>>> pressing Mod4+Enter, it opens a new terminal in the guest, not in the
>>>> host.  This is when using Mod4+Mouse that things start to break: When I
>> try
>>>> to move a Window in the Guest, it is the VirtualBox window that moves.
>>>>
>>>> So my questions are:
>>>>
>>>> - Is there a possibility to fix this by configuration?
>>>>
>>>> - If not, where should I look to fix that?  Would it be in the Awesome
>>>> running on the host, the Awesome running on the guest, VirtualBox or X?.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>



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