On 17/08/11 20:39, Rance Hall wrote:
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Don Raikes <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,



Well I am finally getting to a point where I want to try creating my first
vm using virtualBox.

My concern is that on my desktop system both the mouse and keyboard are
attached via usb. If I tell my vm that both keyboard and mouse are
controlled via usb, won’t that mean that as soon as I start my vm, I will
lose control over the host system because the guest will take control of the
usb devices?



What if I want to switch back to the host system for some reason while the
guest is still powered on and running?

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Don't tell your vm about your keyboard and mouse at all.  Even if they
are usb devices.

Your vm will SHARE your kbd/mouse signals with other running apps on
the host as you would expect.

Your vm will open in a window on your host, and you can click on and
off this window as normal to move to other apps.

The only usb devices you need to control with the guest are those that
need exclusive access from the guest, like a usb hd or scanner.

RH

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Hi,

Just forget one point.

To leave the guest OS, you have always the HOT key that takes you out of
your guest system.

Regards

Angelo

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