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Date:      Wed, 6 Oct 2010 18:33:00 -0500
From:      Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
To:        Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com>
Cc:        vbox@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: VirtualBox: Pressing some key few times fast causes an event storm
Message-ID:  <AANLkTi=2vN%2BoVGEtfiO6qA=3MDarFLQ7MPwWUpNRU9Ab@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> wrote:

> I run Ubuntu guest on FreeBSD host.
> I am in Open Accessories/Terminal app
>
> I get this quite often: when I press some button fast few times it gets
> pressed endless number of times. This can be Enter after some command. Or
> Up/Down on some large file in vim. Guest behaves like I pressed this button
> infinite number of times and stops responding.
>
> Trying to close the guest window causes window manager to ask if I would
> like to terminate the virtualbox application altogether. This means that
> this window isn't responding.
>
> Is this a known bug?
>

Yes, it is not specific to FreeBSD and really not even specific to
VirtualBox since VMware guests can also experience the issue.  There are
resolutions to it, if you bother to look.

-- 
Adam Vande More



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