Just to close this thread with a fix. Instead of running vboxadd-xclient in the .xinitrc file, run VBoxClient.
The seamless mode works and the auto-resize guest display works too. Enjoy an almost fully functional gentoo guest inside windows xp. The only issue still pending is sharing the clipboard. -- Valmor > -----Original Message----- > From: de Almeida, Valmor F. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 12:06 AM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] guest additions for vbox-1.6 gentoo guest on xp > host > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: PaulNM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 7:25 AM > > > > de Almeida, Valmor F. wrote: > > > > > Verifying archive integrity... All good. > > > Uncompressing VirtualBox 1.6.0 Guest Additions for Linux > installation > > > .... > > > > > > Well, first I'd do a "dmesg | grep vbox" to see if there are any > errors > > listed. > > It is clean. > > > > > When I do a search for 98vboxadd-xclient on my Debian-Etch guest I > find > > /etc/X11/Xsession.d/98vboxadd-client. This is a script that starts > > /usr/bin/vboxadd-client with no options. If you tried the suggestion > in > > the output about adding it to .xinitrc, try running > > /usr/bin/vboxadd-client from an xterminal. > > There is no 98vboxadd-xclient in my gentoo guest system. So I run > vboxadd-xclient within .xinitrc. However I also have tried from an xterm > and here is the result > > Unable to connect to the host system. > Failed to connect to the host system. > > Don't know where to go from here. Are there options when running > /usr/bin/vboxadd-xclient? > > > Another thing, check to make sure that xorg.conf has "vboxvideo" as > the > > driver in the "Device" section. "grep vbox /etc/X11/xorg.conf" > > Yup. > > > > > The DKMS line may just be an informational message. > > I tend to agree. > > > How did you install virtualbox? Make sure the Guest additions cd > you're > > using is the same version as the virtualbox install you have. If you > > installed from portage, but downloaded the additions from the site, > they > > Sorry I confused you. My host is a Windows XP. The guest addition is > certainly from vbox-1.6 > > > Hope this helps, post any error messages you see, > > > > PaulNM > > Thank you for your efforts. > > -- > Valmor > > > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
