No mouse,no keyboard on Win XP SP3 guest

[empanada]

I have trouble with my Win XP SP3 guest. The problem has similar symptoms as "sunset06" described in http://forum.virtualbox.org/viewtopic. ... 4#p102237 post:

- the cursor is flashing (waiting for my password)
- keyboard presses don't move the cursor.
- mouse clicks don't move between the login fields
- right-cntrl does give focus back to the host.

The config of this system is:

/dev/sda1 -- Windows XP SP3
/dev/sda2 -- Debian SID, Sun VirtualBox 3.1.2 r56127
/dev/sda3 -- swap
/dev/sda4 -- ext4 (for data storage)

The Windows XP is a Real Windows XP installed on /dev/sda1 previously in this machine (a Compaq P4 3Ghz 40 Gb sata hard disk).
I think there was never a Vmware installed on this, but I'm not completely sure (since two other users had previously used this machine, and my company gave it to me two weeks ago).

The Windows XP boots and run OK if run on real, of course keyboard and mouse included.
"Virtual Box Guest Additions" install OK, but fails to run. I tried to start manually from "services.msc" but complains about a something I don't remember know.

When I try to boot XP from VirtualBox (Debian like host OS), none error message at all. It works until the login screen appears, but imposible to continue: neither keyboard nor mouse runs (but the VirtualBox icons on the left bottom corner about mouse and keyboard shows that the keyboard and mouse are captured by the guest, that is probed by the fact that I have to press the classic "Right Ctrl" to restore the mouse and keyboard back to the Debian host).
The XP doesn't freeze: simply the cursor is flashing waiting for the password.

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miguel@debian-i386:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL Memory Controller Hub (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82915G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FR (ICH6/ICH6R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FW (ICH6/ICH6W) SATA Controller (rev 03)
40:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 01)

Any idea?

Thanks in advance.

[Etepetete]

Have you tried booting the XP guest in safemode and only starting up with a minimum of drivers?

[empanada]

Yes, safemode tried, and same result.

In all cases (safemode and normal) , at least the keyboard (not the mouse because it can't be tried), works on early boot stages, because it let me to choose for example between the two hardware profiles i had previously created (Virtual and Real).

I have tried 2 different Linux kernels:
2.6.32-trunk-686
2.6.31-1-686
and always no result.

Thanks.

[rlucente]

Same issue. Converted a physical Windows XP SP3 laptop to a virtual guest. On startup, the keyboard is fine. After my Desktop appears, the keyboard input intermittently fails. The cursor is blinking, but I am unable to enter characters. Sometimes, it's working fine, so it's not a consistent issue. I have installed the virtualbox guest additions. My host computer is a MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard (10.6) with latest patches and updates. To convert the physical laptop, I followed the instructions at: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Migrate_Windows with the exception that I used Clonezilla to backup and restore the hard drive image instead of using "dd" or something similar.