On Tue, 04 Nov 2025 11:11:37 +0100 [email protected] wrote: > Package: virtualbox-guest-x11 > Version: 7.2.4-dfsg-1 > Severity: important > > Hello, > > Testing the guest additions in Wayland, I've noticed that VBoxClient > isn't loaded with the desktop. In X11, VBoxClient is initialized via > the file `/etc/X11/Xsession.d/98vboxadd-xclient`, but that's a folder > only X11 uses, so Wayland doesn't initialize VBoxClient after login. > > Installing the utils from the "guest utils CD", I've noticed that it > solves it by installing the autostart file from > `/src/VBox/Additions/x11/Installer/vboxclient.desktop` into > `/etc/xdg/autostart`, which runs `Exec=/usr/bin/VBoxClient-all` > (VBoxClient-all is just a link to `98vboxadd-xclient`). > > With the autostart approach, the guest additions work out of the box > in both X11 and Wayland. Maybe the file `98vboxadd-xclient` should be > moved somewhere else to avoid loading it twice in X11 once the > autostart file is in place.
Note that this won't allow shared clipboard to work under Wayland, because the command that does that (`/usr/bin/VBoxClient --wayland || true`) only runs if `/usr/bin/vboxwl --check` reports that Wayland is in use, and `/usr/bin/vboxwl` is not shipped as part of virtualbox-guest-x11. This probably has the same root cause and solution as https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=968390. -- Aaron > Best regards, > Daniel
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