Virtualbox windows 8 guest additions problem

If the problem is still there, please attach a VM log file from VBox 4. I tested it with 4. The issue is still there only when working in full screen mode. Other modes work fine. Also getting random screen flashes with win8 guest ubuntu These screen flashes do not happen with windows host. I got also a black screen after a period of time. Virtual Box 4.

I supposed, it's Windows 8. Therefore I turned of 'turning off the display' and since then I didn't experienced any black screen anymore. That's not a solution but a work around. But if it helps for the time being I just ticked 3D and start. As soon as the system tray icon appears the system hangs and I have to power off. When I restarted the VM it went to the Windows repair screen. Hope this helps Malcolm. Replying to Malcolm :. How does it crash? VM bsods? My host: Windows 8.

Contact — Privacy policy — Terms of Use. Login Preferences. Browse Source. Ticket closed defect: fixed Opened 8 years ago Last modified 8 years ago. Description Vbox 4. Attachments VBox. Malcolms Win Log of startup and hang of win 8. Change History Changed 8 years ago by amaxware attachment VBox. As far as I can tell there are several seconds of lag between an actual click and the result appearing on the screen.

Simply disabling 3D acceleration fixes the problem. Aside from that issue, Windows 8 seems to work fairly well. Unfortunately a few important Windows 8 mouse gestures are near impossible unless you disable pointer integration and run full screen at your native display resolution. Re: Guest Additions hang Windows 8 by nicholasm » Tue Oct 30, am For anyone who is having an issue getting the setextradata to work try to rollback the driver on the display driver inside of windows 8 virtualbox.

For some reason when I installed guest additions and it updated the driver it did not work with that driver. I rolled back the driver to the one that came without guest additions and I found my custom resolution there instead.

Everything is working fine except when 3D Video Acceleration is enabled. The symptoms are: the display flashes, display renders incorrectly, momentary system stalls, some apps hang they will continue if I leave the app page and then return to it , sometimes returns to the login screen, sometimes restarts the virtual machine.

Graphics acceleration is evident as graphics, when displayed correctly, are faster. I have the latest drivers for the video card on the host. Note that I have a native.

I had to disable 3D acceleration when remote desktoping to machine with virtual Win server machine, otherwise i get black screen ….

Virtualbox 4. No amount of activity, ctrl-alt-del, tab or anything would bring it back, although, I could see the VM was doing network and disk activity. Install went fine, rebooted and all was good. Thank you for the info. I have several VMs on Virtualbox and they were great until one of the Virtualbox updates back in After the update, Remote sessions into the VMs had a bad video side effect the VM goes dark on the host after a remote session.

I just brought up a W 8. Reviewed my setting against your recommendations as sure enough, unchecking 3D fixed them all! Hi everyone, After i found this threat, I thought it could be something with the new display driver what the Guest Addition installs.

With some tricking clicking on the red X to close VM windows brings back a somehow interlaces lookalike screen, so you can see where you are in the interface of the Virtual Win I rolled back the display driver, and voila, it works again. Good luck. Your email address will not be published. About this Blog. Search for:. First Post. The solution: Before installing the Guest Additions untick the 3D acceleration tick box in the display properties from the VirtualBox menu.

Then go into the Virtual machines settings as before and tick the 3D Acceleration check box and hit OK.