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I've set up a VM with VirtualBox.

The problem is that the guest system doesn't capture all keys. Although, the option Auto Capture Keyboard is set. Keys like Super or shortcuts like Alt+Tab are always handled by the host system and not by the guest as I would expect.

How can I capture all keys (except the Host Key) within the guest system?

Host: Linux arch 4.11.3-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun May 28 10:40:17 CEST 2017 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Guest: Linux kali 4.9.0-kali4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.25-1kali1 (2017-05-04) x86_64 GNU/Linux

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  • What window manager are you running on the host?
    – Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
    Commented Jun 5, 2017 at 23:23
  • XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=GNOME and GDMSESSION=gnome
    – S1J0
    Commented Jun 7, 2017 at 9:03
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    I guess the host system is using Wayland.
    – Axel Sommerfeldt
    Commented Jun 7, 2017 at 19:54
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    yes, it is: XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland
    – S1J0
    Commented Jun 8, 2017 at 22:48

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Changing the XDG_SESSION_TYPE from wayland to x11 solved the problem. The following line in the /etc/gdm/custom.conf file has to be uncommented:

#WaylandEnable=false
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  • That is one way to do it, but what if I still want to use wayland? Boxes seem to work fine.
    – Calin
    Commented Nov 3, 2017 at 14:42
  • Did you ever figure out a solution?
    – christophetd
    Commented Apr 30, 2018 at 13:10

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