Bidirectional Drag and Drop not working [W10 host, Lubuntu Guest]

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markroche92
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Bidirectional Drag and Drop not working [W10 host, Lubuntu Guest]

Post by markroche92 »

Hi,

I am using Virtualbox 6.1.2. Host is Windows 10 and Guest is Lubuntu 18.04.

I have Inserted Guest Additions CD Image (VBox_GAs_6.1.2), and I have run VBoxLinuxAdditions.run.

I have Bidirectional Drag and Drop selected.

Drag and Drop only works from Guest to Host, but not Host to Guest.

Can someone help me with this issue please ?
scottgus1
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Re: Bidirectional Drag and Drop not working [W10 host, Lubuntu Guest]

Post by scottgus1 »

Start the guest from cold boot, not save-state. Get logged in, then try a drag-n-drop from host to guest, and another from guest to host. Then shut down the guest OS.

Then please zip and post the guest's vbox.log, using the forum's Upload Attachment tab.
DeGarcen
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Re: Bidirectional Drag and Drop not working [W10 host, Lubuntu Guest]

Post by DeGarcen »

Same problem here:

Windows 10 host - ubuntu guest: no drap and drop in any direction.
Windows 10 host - windows 10 guest: drag and drop only works from guest to host.
DeGarcen
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Re: Bidirectional Drag and Drop not working [W10 host, Lubuntu Guest]

Post by DeGarcen »

Same thing with copy and paste
DeGarcen
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Re: Bidirectional Drag and Drop not working [W10 host, Lubuntu Guest]

Post by DeGarcen »

shared folders works though
mpack
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Re: Bidirectional Drag and Drop not working [W10 host, Lubuntu Guest]

Post by mpack »

That's three posts to the OPs one. Please don't hijack the OPs topic: we are awaiting a log from him, then we can see how "same" it is.
DeGarcen
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Re: Bidirectional Drag and Drop not working [W10 host, Lubuntu Guest]

Post by DeGarcen »

Thank you, hope he responds.
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