VirtualBox-7.0.4-154605 on Win10, erratic behaviour

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redglyph
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VirtualBox-7.0.4-154605 on Win10, erratic behaviour

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For information, I downloaded VirtualBox-7.0.4-154605 to replace a VirtualBox-6.1.32-149290-Win.exe on Windows 10 x86-64.

The VM I was using with VBox6 is a Manjaro distribution, VMSVGA graphic controller, 3D acceleration enabled. I had the Guest Additions installed and everything was fine.

I started the VM after installing VBox7 and observed the following:
- splash screen at the start (annoying but not blocking per se)
- no login, it was skipped and I was directly in the desktop
- I opened a terminal window
- when I moved the window, there were a lot of graphic glitches: new window not drawn, or "mirror effect" between the old and new position.

I uninstalled VBox7, reinstalled version 6 and everything was back to normal. So I'd advise against installing version 7 which seems worryingly unstable. The lightDM login window bypass is very strange.
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