[TC8.01rc4] User-defined hotkeys don't work while VBox works

[MaxX]

They are still present in config-ini and normally shown in config-dialog, but don't work for unknown reason.

Yesterday they worked good, but today I got nothing with them.
I compared wincmd.ini with it's backup and found no diffrence (except come lines like window-positions, test-number and search history).

 

[Horst.Epp]

Not confirmed
TC 8.01 RC4 x64 and x86 under Windows 7 x64 Ultimate.
My user defined hotkeys are still working fine

[MaxX]

Now I try older versions (they also worked good before) and get nothing - keys are still broken...

[MaxX]

Eurika! It works!!!

The reason is strange, but it is:
VirtualBox (with hardware acceleration enabled) on AMD Athlon II X4 kills hotkeys.

Please, somebody else check this.
That's not normal.

[Sir_SiLvA]

@Mods: Please move to English-Forum as its not a TC Bug

[MaxX]

2Sir_SiLvA
This is complex-bug, caused with parallel work of TC and VBox.

[Dalai]

The reason is strange, but it is:
VirtualBox (with hardware acceleration enabled) on AMD Athlon II X4 kills hotkeys.

• Where is the problem? On the host or on the guest?
• Which version of VirtualBox are you using on what host OS?
• Which host key did you define in File > Preferences > Input?

I use VirtualBox sometimes but I never encountered such a problem, neither on the host nor on the guest.

Regards
Dalai

Fixed typo.

[MaxX]

2Dalai
1. Problem is on the HOST; guest works fine.
2. VBox 4.1.12, host: Win7 SP1 Pro x64, guest: Win7 SP1 Pro x64 (the same copy, installed from one disc)
3. Here's the list from config-ini:

Code: Select all

[Shortcuts]
F2=cm_RenameOnly
F9=cm_Rereadsource
F10=cm_Associate
F11=cm_CopyNamesToClip
F12=cm_CopyFullNamesToClip
CA+F5=cm_PackFiles
A+F11=cm_CopyNetNamesToClip
A+F12=cm_CopySrcPathToClip
S+F11=cm_CompareFilesByContent
S+F12=cm_CopyTrgPathToClip
A+A=cm_SetAttrib
A+B=cm_visButtonbar
A+C=cm_CompareFilesByContent
A+D=cm_FileSync
A+I=cm_ShowHint
A+K=cm_visKeyButtons
A+L=cm_UnloadPlugins
A+P=cm_VisDriveButtons
A+Q=cm_ShowQuickSearch
A+R=cm_OpenNetwork
A+S=cm_SaveSelection
A+T=cm_OpenControls
A+W=cm_visDirTabs
A+UP=cm_editpath
AS+S=cm_SaveSelectionToFile
AS+R=cm_LoadSelectionFromFile
C+G=cm_VerticalPanels
C+H=cm_SwitchHidSys
C+J=cm_matchsrc
C+O=cm_OpenTransferManager
C+S=cm_ShowOnlySelected
CS+K=cm_OpenRecycled

and noone worked when bug happened.
May be, there was just some system bug, but it is too strange that TC's user-defined shortcuts didn't work, but defaults did.
E.g., when pressed F9 - I got activated menus (default action) instead of refreshing dir (my configged).

Note:
In that moment (when bug started) I was testing MS Office 15 Preview on guest OS. May be it is the reason.
Btw, I've never got such a strange bugs neither in TC w/o VBox, nor with parallel TC+VBox.

[Dalai]

3. Here's the list from config-ini:

No, that's not what I meant. OK, I rephrase the question: Did you change the standard host key in VirtualBox? By default that's the right Ctrl key (that is used to switch input to/from the guest systems).

Regards
Dalai

[MaxX]

2Dalai
I use RightAlt - it'd never made a trouble.

[Dalai]

Do you get the same problem when you reset the host key to its default? And when exactly does the problem show (VirtualBox opened but no guest system started; guest system booting; guest system idle but no software launched)?

Regards
Dalai

[MaxX]

2Dalai
Right now I can't repeat my actions. I'll try some later when get some free time. But:
1. There's no matter if RightAlt ot RightCtrl is made as switch key in VBox.
2. At that moment I had main VBox's window opened (manager) and one guest system running (that system is alone in the vm-list). Just at this moment while MSO15 was installing, I switched to another program (on host), then to TC (on host, too). Right here I noticed the bug.

[ghisler(Author)]

Sounds like VBox is registering some system-wide hotkeys - this means that other programs cannot see them. Strangely I do not have this problem with VirtualBox myself, I'm using it regularly to test Windows 8 preview...