This does definitely not "remove the problem" here. As said before, installing all guest additions makes the ubuntu guest run X11 instead of wayland, it then just looks as if the problem had gone. This might help in terms of usability, but not if you want to use and test wayland (e.g. to prepare for 18.04) .
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1724810 Title: 17.10/wayland causing flashes in virtualbox Status in GNOME Shell: Confirmed Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in virtualbox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-shell source package in Artful: Triaged Bug description: Hi, just as a quick response: I've installed the new 17.10 Desktop for testing in a virtual machine (VirtualBox 5.1.20 running on MacOS), and while it installed smoothly and booted instantly, there's a problem with the graphics (probably related to wayland): Especially when moving the mouse or starting new programs the screen flashes white every few seconds or sometimes shows just a blank grey screen for about a second. Not suited for regular work. But I have no clue which component precisely is causing that problem. regards To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1724810/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
