On Mon, Jul 02, 2018 at 06:14:44PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: > On Mon, 02 Jul 2018 at 01:39:24 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 02, 2018 at 08:14:48AM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: > > > This seems to work under GNOME 3.28 (probably also 3.26). I'm prompted > > > while starting up the VM for whether to allow gnome-boxes to grab the > > > keyboard. I haven't tried a Windows VM, but if I use the keyboard menu to > > > switch to a text-mode VT for a Linux VM with Ctrl+Alt+F$n, then either > > > press Ctrl+Alt+Del or send it via the keyboard menu, the VM reboots > > > as expected. > > > > I can confirm that I can still reproduce this with current GNOME and > > gnome-boxes; Ctrl+Alt+Del still goes to GNOME and not to the VM. > > Which versions of gnome-shell, libmutter-2-0, gnome-boxes do you have?
gnome-boxes 3.28.5-1 gnome-shell 3.28.2-1 libmutter-2-0:amd64 3.28.2-2 > Are you prompted for whether to let gnome-boxes inhibit shortcuts? You > should get a system-modal dialog (the sort that dims the entire screen, > like the Shut Down dialog you get from Ctrl+Alt+Del itself) something > like this: > > |----------------------------------------------------------| > | Boxes wants to inhibit shortcuts | > | /!\ | > | You can restore shortcuts by pressing Super+Escape. | > | | > |--------[ Deny ]--------------------[ Allow ]-------------| > > (If you don't click Allow then this feature is not expected to work.) No, I don't get that prompt from gnome-boxes. (I've seen it before from other applications.) > Does it help to click inside the virtual machine window before pressing > Ctrl+Alt+Del? If I'm in windowed mode, yes. As far as I can tell, it's possible to end up in a state in which the VM has the focus but gnome-boxes doesn't have a grab on Ctrl+Alt+Del. This can happen both in windowed mode and in fullscreen mode. In windowed mode, if I click in gnome-boxes then a grab takes place and Ctrl+Alt+Del works. This may also have something to do with switching windows (via the overview) away from a VM. > Does sending Ctrl+Alt+Del via the keyboard menu work? Yes.
