Wierd virtual box problem

[bdelin88]

I am trying to get this virtual box seamless to work. I already installed the guest addons.

PROBLEM:
I installed Windows XP with Virtual Box, then was excited to finally run it in seamless after I rebooted. Seamless is all sorts of screwed up though. It expands correctly and works absolutely perfectly only if an XP window is open or a tooltip pops up, any kind of menu that is activated and it looks absolutely perfect. However, if you close all GUEST XP windows, then you can see the XP desktop background over ubuntu, no panels, nothing from ubuntu is visible, AND it is shown in a sort of torn and contorted view of the desktop and XP icons. Not pretty. Any way I can get this to work when XP has an idle desktop or am I really going to have to always leave a window up on the XP desktop?

Virtual Box version: 2.0.4_OSE
Ubuntu Host: 8.10 Intrepid
-Latest Updates
-Latest Nvidia Drivers direct from site
-2 Video Cards and 2 Monitors sharing 1 of those cards, same resolutions. The 2nd card is not in use for ubuntu, only windows...
Windows XP Guest

I am running a dual monitor setup using Twinview (xorg posted below). I have added a few "Device" lines into there from some other forums.

Xorg Conf:
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# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder63) Tue Nov 4 14:08:09 PST 2008

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder63) Tue Nov 4 14:07:17 PST 2008
# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"

# Removed Option "Xinerama" "1"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Acer AL1916W"
HorizSync 30.0 - 82.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Acer AL1916W"
HorizSync 30.0 - 82.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "vboxvideo"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 8800 GTS"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 8800 GTS"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "nvidia-auto-select"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"

# Removed Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "1440x900_60 +0+0; nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
# Removed Option "TwinView" "0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "DFP: 1440x900_60 +0+0; DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "Xinerama" "1"
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-1"
Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1440x900_60 +1440+0, DFP: 1440x900_60 +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"

# Removed Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "1440x900_60 +0+0"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Device1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "Xinerama" "1"
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
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Need anything else, just reply...THANKS
-I am really trying to make ubuntu work for me... lol

[midwesterndirt]

I have this exact same problem. There seem to be issues with VirtualBox that should never have existed, and this is one of them.

[bdelin88]

Anyone?