Copy and paste is very unstable
Posted: 29. Apr 2013, 16:26
Hi,
I've been using VirtualBox for years, and copy and paste has always been unstable. I'm now so frustrated about it and finally decided to jump over the hoops to register a forum account to complain about it.
I know Copy and paste,
- must be enabled in the VM settings.
-It will only work if the Guest Additions are installed in the Guest.
- And it will only copy text - not files.
No problem with that, but the stability -- It works when the VM is freshly started, but it won't be long before the copy and paste capability between the host and client is gone.
Host: Win 7 desktop, 12G Mem
Guest: Ubuntu Precise
I restart my Win 7 Host every week, but because of loosing the copy and paste capability in my VM, I normally need to restart my VM at least 3 times a week. When the situation is worse, I need to restart my VM two or three time a day! As a reference, my Linux system back home will last months before I ever need to restart . This is so frustrating.
Over the years, I was trying to observer what cause the copy and paste to be gone, and finally realized that there is no reason at all. It works seconds before, and when I try to copy another word, it just suddenly stop working. I've been carefully observing my RAM usage lately because I was thinking it might be caused by extreme end conditions, but notice that my host RAM usage was never close to 60%, yet the copy and paste will be gone at any moment.
Anyone experience the same as well?
I've been using VirtualBox for years, and copy and paste has always been unstable. I'm now so frustrated about it and finally decided to jump over the hoops to register a forum account to complain about it.
I know Copy and paste,
- must be enabled in the VM settings.
-It will only work if the Guest Additions are installed in the Guest.
- And it will only copy text - not files.
No problem with that, but the stability -- It works when the VM is freshly started, but it won't be long before the copy and paste capability between the host and client is gone.
Host: Win 7 desktop, 12G Mem
Guest: Ubuntu Precise
I restart my Win 7 Host every week, but because of loosing the copy and paste capability in my VM, I normally need to restart my VM at least 3 times a week. When the situation is worse, I need to restart my VM two or three time a day! As a reference, my Linux system back home will last months before I ever need to restart . This is so frustrating.
Over the years, I was trying to observer what cause the copy and paste to be gone, and finally realized that there is no reason at all. It works seconds before, and when I try to copy another word, it just suddenly stop working. I've been carefully observing my RAM usage lately because I was thinking it might be caused by extreme end conditions, but notice that my host RAM usage was never close to 60%, yet the copy and paste will be gone at any moment.
Anyone experience the same as well?