Having issues with with “Drag & Drop” with Kali Linux on VirtualBox: “DnD: Error: Requesting pending data from guest failed (VERR_TIMEOUT).”

Question

I have an issue with “Drag & Drop” with Kali Linux on VirtualBox on a Debian host!

Details:

Drag and drop operation from guest to host failed.
   
  DnD: Error: Requesting pending data from guest failed (VERR_TIMEOUT).
    
  Result Code:VBOX_E_DND_ERROR (0X80BB0011)
  Component:GuestDnDSourceWrap
  Interface:IGuestDnDSource {dedfb5d9-4c1b-edf7-fdf3-c1be6827dc28}
  Callee:IDnDSource {d23a9ca3-42da-c94b-8aec-21968e08355d}

Kali Linux version:

• 6.6.9-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Kali 6.6.9-1kali1 (2024-01-08) x86_64 GNU/Linux

VirtualBox “Guest Additions” Version:

• 7.0.14_Debianr161095

What I tried:

• I tried reinstalling Guest Additions and rebooting
• Changing both “Drag & Drop” and clipboard to ridirectional and then rebooting.

Here is VirtualBox’s log on PasteBin:

• https://pastebin.com/vByFaPLk

Answer 1

I have Kali Linux 2024.1 here as a VM in VMware Workstation with VMware Tools installed.

Drag and Drop is somewhat flaky I can Drag and Drop from Kali Linux to Windows (Host) but not the other way around.

Remember that Kali Linux is a box of tools with very few desktop aids for the average consumer. It was not meant for that.

I share folders between operating system and use Copy / Paste. So long as Copy / Paste works, best to be happy with that.

Also, from lots of experience, copy / paste is a good deal safer than drag / drop