Interesting thing that I just discovered:
If I'm using dual monitors and come back to the computer that is locked up
(with VirtualBox running my Windows 10 guest), I can get the laptop
"unlocked" and responsive simply by switching screens.
In other words: The laptop is completely locked on the login screen and is
unresponsive. As soon as I move the mouse over to the other screen, the
login screen is responsive and I'm able to login.
I've now been able to verify this technique twice in the past few days.
On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 9:23 AM, David White <dmwhite...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is also on VirtualBox 5.1.x for me. Sorry that I neglected to include
> that info.
>
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 9:08 AM, Giles Coochey <gi...@coochey.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 02/02/17 13:56, David White wrote:
>>
>> I should clarify that, per the subject line, this occurs whenever the
>> Windows 10 guest is running and the computer "times out" and auto-locks.
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 8:50 AM, David White <dmwhite...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I've had an ongoing issue for quite some time, and I've now seen this
>>> issue occur both on Ubuntu 16.04 as well as 16.10 and a Windows 10 Guest.
>>> This has happened now on 2 different Asus laptops (including 1 that's brand
>>> new), so I feel certain that this isn't a hardware issue (unless it's
>>> something specific to an Asus driver or something).
>>>
>>> Everything works fine, but if I get up from the computer and then come
>>> back, say, 30 minutes later, the computer is completely frozen. I can't
>>> even do a ctl-alt-f1 to get to the terminal. The ONLY way for me to recover
>>> is to do a hard reset.
>>>
>>> A few weeks ago, this really screwed things up in a big way, and I had
>>> to boot to a Ubuntu Live CD image (on a USB drive) in order to run through
>>> a ton of manual fsck fixes. This did the trick, but not after I thought my
>>> hard drive was toast and had bought a new laptop.
>>>
>>> (I decided to keep the new one, and hold on to the old one as a spare!)
>>>
>>> Has anyone else experienced this issue?
>>>
>>> I get something similar on Virtualbox 5.1.x (various versions, still
>> happens with 5.1.14) running on a Ubuntu 16.10 host, but my guest is
>> Windows 7 64-bit. My hardware is a Lenovo W520 laptop.
>>
>> I find that if I leave the lock screen in it's frozen state for around 10
>> minutes and try again I can successfully unlock the session.
>>
>> I also have the problem where sometimes, if I leave my Windows 7 guest
>> running overnight , or an extended period, then in the morning the entire
>> system is running slow, and only restores its performance if I kill the
>> Virtualbox process in Ubuntu.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Giles Coochey+44 (0) 7584 634 135 <+44%207584%20634135>+44 (0) 1803 529 451
>> <+44%201803%20529451>gi...@coochey.net
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