Seamless doesn't stay seamless for long

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angrynapkin
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Seamless doesn't stay seamless for long

Post by angrynapkin »

I'm running Ubuntu 8.04 and XP Pro as the guest. When I turn on seamless the desktop disappears and the taskbars stack as they should. However, if I'm running a windows app and cilck on my linux desktop, or switch to an app on my linux taskbar, the windows start menu and any windows application hide themselves unless I specifically click on the instance running in the taskbar (Sean [Running]) to bring the start bar back up. And tips?
amagine
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Post by amagine »

Hmm a Guest Additions (GA) problem...

Using 2.0?
angrynapkin
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Post by angrynapkin »

yes, I just checked and it is 2.0
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Post by Sasquatch »

Then either downgrade to 1.6.6 (see the announcement of 2.0 for the instructions) or wait 'till 2.0.2 is released with hopefully a fix.
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