Strange Drag and Drop Behavior

Discussions about using Linux guests in VirtualBox.
Post Reply
cgivre
Posts: 1
Joined: 17. Jul 2016, 07:13
Primary OS: Mac OS X other
VBox Version: OSE other
Guest OSses: Linux, Win7, Win10
Location: Baltimore, MD
Contact:

Strange Drag and Drop Behavior

Post by cgivre »

I have a Ubuntu 15.10 Guest, Mac OS X host, Virtualbox 5.1, with 5.1 guest additions installed. Drag and Drop was working a while ago, but recently it seems to have stopped working. Here's the weird part. It works from guest to host. From host to guest, if I drag a file to the desktop, nothing appears, but if I look in

Code: Select all

/tmp/VirtualBox Dropped Files/
the file is there. The file is getting transferred, but not moved to the correct directory, which makes me believe that there is some permission issue in the guest.
Has anyone had this problem or know how to fix it?
Thanks in advance,
socratis
Site Moderator
Posts: 27329
Joined: 22. Oct 2010, 11:03
Primary OS: Mac OS X other
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: Win(*>98), Linux*, OSX>10.5
Location: Greece

Re: Strange Drag and Drop Behavior

Post by socratis »

I've never had DnD reliably work on Linux guests. There are many reports about this around the forums.
cgivre wrote:Has anyone had this problem or know how to fix it?
Yes, plenty of people, including yours truly. Haven't seen a way to fix it.
Do NOT send me Personal Messages (PMs) for troubleshooting, they are simply deleted.
Do NOT reply with the "QUOTE" button, please use the "POST REPLY", at the bottom of the form.
If you obfuscate any information requested, I will obfuscate my response. These are virtual UUIDs, not real ones.
Post Reply