Re: Gnome 3 and VirtualBox

[José Silva <jsantossilva@hotmail.com>]

On 15/10/11 12:51, Camaleón wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:48:52 +0100, José Silva wrote:
>
> > Ok, I've just upgraded to Gnome 3, very smoothly I must say, and I think
> > I like it, after a couple of hours operating on my production machine.
> >
> > Now, just noticed my first operating problem. I must run a Windows cad
> > application in VirtualBox. On Gnome 3 + Compiz,
>
> You meant GNOME "2" + Compiz, right? :-)

Right, sorry :)

> > I just used to place this on another desktop at fullscreen, and just
> > dragged the mouse to the screen edge and let Compiz switch to the other
> > desktop when I needed to. That was one of the many ways Compiz had to
> > switch desktops but this was the one I was used to.
> >
> > With Gnome 3, to start, I don't know how to switch to another desktop if
> > I am in VirtualBox fullscreen. Windows absorbs the Windows key, of
> > course, which is also the Gnome 3 hot key, and the top left screen
> > corner is occupied by VB. Does anyone know?
>
> (...)
>
> Hmm... good question.
>
> I have not tried it but (in theory :-P) it should be the same. The
> application you need to run from VB can be placed in a second workspace
> and switching between workspaces can be done in gnome-shell by means of
> "Ctrl+Alt+Up/Down arrow".

No, doesn't work, not even in windowed mode; VB captures the keystroke 
and delivers it to the Windows XP guest; Gnome 3 doesn't even notice it 
and IMHO that's the way it should be because you might need it on the guest.

What I think I need is a working corner/top/edge screen trigger which 
isn't working with VB fullscreen.

> OTOH, there is also the fallback mode which should work the same as it
> did in GNOME 2.

I didn't try it because I'm liking Gnome 3, it fits my operating mode.

Thank you for helping,
jss