On 10/02/14 14:31, bri...@aracnet.com wrote:
For those of us using debian on virtual box, and using unstable, the problem is
fixed in the 4.3.7 guest additions iso
The necessary iso is here:
https://www.virtualbox.org/download/testcase/VBoxGuestAdditions_4.3.7-92075.iso
and even though most people who are using this know the following magic, I had
a heck of a time tracking it down, so here it is :
# wherever the ISO file is located
cd /usr/share/virtualbox/
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/disk
sudo mount -o loop VBoxGuestAdditions.iso /mnt/disk
cd /mnt/disk/
sudo sh VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
I've never done an VBox installation on a Windows host, only on Debian
hosts. Following the manual at
<https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html> always worked for me. In
Debian, installing the package virtualbox-guest-additions-iso *on the
host* allows you subsequenly to select the Guest-ISO in your virtual
optical drive (in VM Manager --> Storage). After starting the VM, this
drive gets mounted at /media/cdrom, where you find the script
VBoxLinuxAdditions.run.
The one thing that I ran in repeatedly was not following the manual
where it asks to make sure to have DKMS installed *before* the guest
additions ;-(
Also, don't mix official Debian packages and downloaded *.deb from the
virtualbox.org site.
--
Klaus
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