i3wm running in Arch Linux guest (VirtualBox) stops auto-resizing

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I'm trying to get Arch Linux to work on VirtualBox. I've followed the instructions on the ArchWiki and the OS boots fine (running linux-lts kernel, with virtualbox-guest-dkms Guest Additions installed). After installing i3, I've added the following to ~/.xinitrc:



VBoxClient-all
exec i3


This appears to work, but does the auto-resizing only once. After that, the Auto-Resize Guest Display menu and Seamless Mode in host VirtualBox menu become disabled.
What I found out, is that if I kill the VBoxClient process and re-initiate it, the auto-resize functionality starts to work again, but disables as soon the first resize event occurs.



killall VBoxClient
/usr/bin/VBoxClient-all


Can anyone suggest a solution? Much appreciated. Thanks!










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    I'm trying to get Arch Linux to work on VirtualBox. I've followed the instructions on the ArchWiki and the OS boots fine (running linux-lts kernel, with virtualbox-guest-dkms Guest Additions installed). After installing i3, I've added the following to ~/.xinitrc:



    VBoxClient-all
    exec i3


    This appears to work, but does the auto-resizing only once. After that, the Auto-Resize Guest Display menu and Seamless Mode in host VirtualBox menu become disabled.
    What I found out, is that if I kill the VBoxClient process and re-initiate it, the auto-resize functionality starts to work again, but disables as soon the first resize event occurs.



    killall VBoxClient
    /usr/bin/VBoxClient-all


    Can anyone suggest a solution? Much appreciated. Thanks!










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      I'm trying to get Arch Linux to work on VirtualBox. I've followed the instructions on the ArchWiki and the OS boots fine (running linux-lts kernel, with virtualbox-guest-dkms Guest Additions installed). After installing i3, I've added the following to ~/.xinitrc:



      VBoxClient-all
      exec i3


      This appears to work, but does the auto-resizing only once. After that, the Auto-Resize Guest Display menu and Seamless Mode in host VirtualBox menu become disabled.
      What I found out, is that if I kill the VBoxClient process and re-initiate it, the auto-resize functionality starts to work again, but disables as soon the first resize event occurs.



      killall VBoxClient
      /usr/bin/VBoxClient-all


      Can anyone suggest a solution? Much appreciated. Thanks!










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      I'm trying to get Arch Linux to work on VirtualBox. I've followed the instructions on the ArchWiki and the OS boots fine (running linux-lts kernel, with virtualbox-guest-dkms Guest Additions installed). After installing i3, I've added the following to ~/.xinitrc:



      VBoxClient-all
      exec i3


      This appears to work, but does the auto-resizing only once. After that, the Auto-Resize Guest Display menu and Seamless Mode in host VirtualBox menu become disabled.
      What I found out, is that if I kill the VBoxClient process and re-initiate it, the auto-resize functionality starts to work again, but disables as soon the first resize event occurs.



      killall VBoxClient
      /usr/bin/VBoxClient-all


      Can anyone suggest a solution? Much appreciated. Thanks!







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          I updated my Arch recently and the problem seems to be fixed! However, prior to that, I just settled with defining an alias in my .zshrc file:



          alias resize='killall VBoxClient && VBoxClient-all'


          So whenever I needed to fix the sizing of my screen, I just typed that command in my terminal. Not really the solution I was asking for, but it still helped out a lot.






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            I updated my Arch recently and the problem seems to be fixed! However, prior to that, I just settled with defining an alias in my .zshrc file:



            alias resize='killall VBoxClient && VBoxClient-all'


            So whenever I needed to fix the sizing of my screen, I just typed that command in my terminal. Not really the solution I was asking for, but it still helped out a lot.






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              I updated my Arch recently and the problem seems to be fixed! However, prior to that, I just settled with defining an alias in my .zshrc file:



              alias resize='killall VBoxClient && VBoxClient-all'


              So whenever I needed to fix the sizing of my screen, I just typed that command in my terminal. Not really the solution I was asking for, but it still helped out a lot.






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                I updated my Arch recently and the problem seems to be fixed! However, prior to that, I just settled with defining an alias in my .zshrc file:



                alias resize='killall VBoxClient && VBoxClient-all'


                So whenever I needed to fix the sizing of my screen, I just typed that command in my terminal. Not really the solution I was asking for, but it still helped out a lot.






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                I updated my Arch recently and the problem seems to be fixed! However, prior to that, I just settled with defining an alias in my .zshrc file:



                alias resize='killall VBoxClient && VBoxClient-all'


                So whenever I needed to fix the sizing of my screen, I just typed that command in my terminal. Not really the solution I was asking for, but it still helped out a lot.







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