Linux – VirtualBox: How to capture shortcuts in the guest OS

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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

Best Answer

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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