[Discuss] Virtual Machine blocks screen saver

[Andrew Willard]

John Blomfield wrote:
> Does anyone know why the Linux host screen saver is blocked (won't 
> start) when a virtual machine is running?  Even when the guest OS is not 
> visible e.g. on another desktop panel.  However, the screen saver on a 
> Windows guest works.

It has to do with the fact that the VM has captured the cursor OR not. I've
never had issues with VMWare VM's... maybe it's something odd with VirtualBox?
Does the Guest OS have focus when XScreensaver kicks in? Have you tried it when
the Host OS has focus? Same results?

Just did a quick Google search... there appears to be some discussion on this
subject most dealing with the cursor, which I mentioned above, so possibly
that is the issue.
http://www.nabble.com/VMWare-6.02-and-Linux-screen-saver--td15203644s24859.html