incompatibility virtualbox and copyq

[simona70]

I use amd cpu, amd gpu, arch linux, kde, wayland. all updated. And windows 10 guest inside virtualbox host.
when i launch a copy(&paste) inside excel inside windows 10, virtualbox crashed and close.

[Chealer]

Please indicate the versions you use and the steps needed to reproduce the bug

[simona70]

I use arch linux with all updated. anymore virtualbox is 7.2.6, kernel is 6.18.9-zen1-2-zen, copyq is 13.0.0, de is kde/qt6 on wayland. When copyq is on and on windows 10 guest i use copy on excel virtual box die.

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Simona Pisano Il giorno lun 16 feb 2026 alle ore 13:43 Philippe Cloutier < ***@***.***> ha scritto:

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[Chealer]

Thanks
Is CopyQ installed in the guest or directly on Linux?

[hluk]

It is unlikely that I will be able to do anything with this since a VM is involved. This could be a problem with VirtualBox extensions.

A workaround could be to use a Synchronization and mount the Synchronized directory in the VM.