[arch-general] Virtualbox under KDE plasma

[Shridhar Daithankar]

Hello,

I recently tried KDE plasma after 5.12 update and it is running smooth.
However I am experiencing two problems with virtualbox.

1. Virtualbox applications do not start unless QT_QPA_PLATFORM is set to xcb.
Under plasma wayland session it is set to wayland.

2. When a VM is launched, if it is maximized with Host-F, it loses all
keyboard/mouse interaction and has to be killed from the plasma session.

Anybody has seen this? Should I report it upstream?

Package details
virtualbox 5.2.6-2
kde plasma 5.12.0

Thanks.

[Shridhar Daithankar]

Post by Shridhar Daithankar
Hello,
I recently tried KDE plasma after 5.12 update and it is running smooth.
However I am experiencing two problems with virtualbox.

kde plasma wayland to be specific :( It all works under kde plasma Xorg.

Post by Shridhar Daithankar
1. Virtualbox applications do not start unless QT_QPA_PLATFORM is set to
xcb. Under plasma wayland session it is set to wayland.
2. When a VM is launched, if it is maximized with Host-F, it loses all
keyboard/mouse interaction and has to be killed from the plasma session.
Anybody has seen this? Should I report it upstream?

[Bennett Piater]

Post by Shridhar Daithankar
kde plasma wayland to be specific :( It all works under kde plasma Xorg.

Yes, do definitely file a bug upstream.

Also, plasma wayland is still considered experimental, so don't expect
it to work 100%. Should be stable enough for personal testing, but it's
not production ready.

IOW, if you want to use it, be prepared to file a few bugs :)

Cheers,
Bennett