Please note that this issue is occurring on my host, running Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon, not in a Linux Mint guest.
I've just installed VirtualBox via apt and am getting a graphics bug when opening dialog boxes. For example, here is what comes up on my screen when I click "New" in the main window: https://imgur.com/a/kckVsdk
The main window displays fine, this is only when I try to interact with one of the dialog boxes. Any help would be appreciated as I'd love to have VirtualBox working on my host. Already installed latest updates and restarted my system.
VirtualBox Dialog Boxes Broken on Linux Mint 20 Host
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VirtualBox Dialog Boxes Broken on Linux Mint 20 Host
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Re: VirtualBox Dialog Boxes Broken on Linux Mint 20 Host
Can't help with the solution, but I can tell you what the problem is called, which may help with your research.
This is called screen tearing. A search at VBox Forum is particularly likely to turn up something useful.
By the way, I did that by using rimg tags, one of the options on the Post A Reply screen.
Notably, it's the image location, not the download link, which goes between the tags.
This is called screen tearing. A search at VBox Forum is particularly likely to turn up something useful.
By the way, I did that by using rimg tags, one of the options on the Post A Reply screen.
Notably, it's the image location, not the download link, which goes between the tags.
Re: VirtualBox Dialog Boxes Broken on Linux Mint 20 Host
This might be due to incompatibility between the theme you are using and the Qt that's used by VB. For example even though I'm using a dark theme, I get this on VB:
Try different themes and see if that changes anything. Otherwise there must be something wrong with the kernel modules for VB and you might want to uninstall/reinstall it. Otherwise it must be a bug in VB.