In regard to: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] VirtualBox guest extensions on...:
Got all that:
root@openindiana:~# svcs -a|egrep light\|vbox
online 15:32:34 svc:/application/virtualbox/vboxservice:default
online 15:32:35 svc:/application/virtualbox/vboxmslnk:default
online 15:32:51 svc:/application/graphical-login/lightdm:default
Those services are the system-wide ones. For shared clipboard,
drag-and-drop, and seamless mode, there's also a per-user service
(VBoxClient) that needs to be started as part of your graphical desktop.
In the OI guest, where did you install the guest extensions from?
Are they the Oracle guest extensions, installed via a downloaded ISO, or
are they the hipster-provided 'virtualbox-additions' package?
If you're using the 'virtualbox-additions' package that you can just
pkg install virtualbox-additions
directly on the hipster guest, then that package includes the
/etc/xdg/autostart/vboxclient.desktop file that should automatically
handle starting up 'VBoxClient-all' as part of your desktop session.
If, however, you're using the Oracle guest extensions, that package
(last I checked) didn't install an autostart desktop file, so the
VBoxClient processes don't get autostarted when you log into MATE. If
you run
ps -ef | egrep VBoxClient
and don't see a bunch of them running, then that's the problem. They
run as you (not root), so you can try starting VBoxClient-all within
your session, to see if that fixes things.
Wondering more whether it's a specific VirtualBox setting needed,
It's two parts. It has to be enabled within the VM settings, and the
guest needs to be running the VBoxClient services.
Clipboard Mode: Bidirectional
Drag and drop Mode: disabled
You've enabled shared clipboard, but not drag-and-drop.
OS type: Solaris_64
Additions run level: 2
Additions version 6.0.8 r130520
That looks like the Oracle guest additions, so it's likely VBoxClient-all
didn't auto-start. Try just running it, as your normal user, once
you've logged into the guest.
Tim
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