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Thanks Sasquatch.

Sasquatch wrote:Don't blame VB, get mad at Ubuntu for ditching that part. Open /etc/groups as root and add your username to the vboxsf group, or run the following command in a terminal, ran as root (or with sudo):

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usermod -aG vboxsf <your username>

The advice to "Read the manual" is good... up to a point. On my host (Mac, OS X Snow Leopard) I created a directory to be the share. In the VM (Linux, Ubuntu) I configured a connection to this folder (as per the manual) and set it to automount. Then I logged in to Ubuntu as the only user e...

Since posting the original message, I've downloaded and installed VirtualBox 3.0.4. I enabled pass-through, enabled non-free repositories, installed them - and still it is not possible to play CDs in a Linux guest OS on my Mac. Is this an underhanded way of sabotaging interest in Linux? For who woul...

Hi Perryg I think you're right. Up until now the only audio I'd used within any guest OS was that accompanying YouTube movies or MP3 files embedded in websites. I've now checked all my Linux distros in VB and not one of them will play a CD, even if they can 'see' it. Probably an Apple paranoia thing...

Hi Perryg Thanks for taking the time to respond. Enabling 'Pass Through' meant that Ubuntu recognised an audio CD had been inserted. The standard 'Rythymbox' player wouldn't see any tracks on the CD though. OK, next stop, enable 3rd party repository and download some codecs. Additionally, I installe...

Hi all. I've been using VirtualBox for a while, with a range of Linux distros. I'm running the latest version of VB on my Mac mini (10.4.11) and I just installed Ubuntu 9.04 on a new virtual machine. I've installed the guest additions and these seem to be OK (I can get Fullscreen properly, for examp...