On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 5:33 PM, Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi; > > unable to copy&paste between VirtualBox Windows7 host and Fedora23 > VirtualBox guest > > 1. I have the VirtualBox Guest Additions installed on the Fedora 23 > VirtualBox Guest; > 2. I have bidirectional copy and paste enabled in VirtualBox for the > Fedora 23 VirtualBox Guest; > 3. copy&paste does not work either way; > > I have a Debian Jessie VirtualBox Guest on this same VirtualBox > WIndows 7 host where bidirectional copy&paste works just fine. > > I have already requested assistance on the VirtualBox mailing list. > > The first tip was to verify that copy&paste was actually enabled by > running VBoxManage: > > cd /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Oracle/VirtualBox > > ./VBoxManage.exe showvminfo trombone | grep 'Drag and drop' > Drag and drop Mode: Bidirectional > > ./VBoxManage.exe showvminfo bassoon | grep 'Drag and drop' > Drag and drop Mode: Bidirectional > > [trombone is Debian Jessie and bassoon is Fedora 23] > > The second tip was to to look at https://goo.gl/6PtJtE which I'm still > trying to grok. > > Does anyone have any additional tips? > > Thanks, > Ken Wolcott
I was able to resolve the problem by updating the OS by applying all pending updates (one was a kernel update), rebooting, then removing and re-installing the Guest Additions and then rebooting once again. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
