VBoxDarwinAdditions won't install on Monterey

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lucaknh
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VBoxDarwinAdditions won't install on Monterey

Post by lucaknh »

I've been having this problem where I can't install the Guest Additions, because it says it failed.
I've been trying things like "csrutil disable" and the master disable thing but nothing worked and if I try to sudo mount the cd it says permission denied.
Does anyone have a solution? I saw someone hot got their Guest Additions work on Monterey, maybe he knows.
granada29
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Re: VBoxDarwinAdditions won't install on Monterey

Post by granada29 »

Do you have a macOS Monterey Guest VM?

The Guest Additions are designed to be installed in your guest VM, not in your host (i.e. the physical system). It sounds as though you are trying to install them in your host.
Cris_23
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Re: VBoxDarwinAdditions won't install on Monterey

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Also if i'm not wrong there is still no GAs for Monterey!
mpack
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Re: VBoxDarwinAdditions won't install on Monterey

Post by mpack »

Cris_23 wrote:Also if i'm not wrong there is still no GAs for Monterey!
Not sure what you base that on?

There are no official GAs for any MacOS version, but the devs snuck out undocumented GAs a few versions back. One of the former moderators (Socratis) was a Mac user and kept notes on what GAs worked where, unfortunately Socratis passed away in April 2020 and no-one else has maintained that list.
emiesteban
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Re: VBoxDarwinAdditions won't install on Monterey

Post by emiesteban »

we can obtain another kext for use the 3d video card? some tools are not working without this
AndyCot
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Re: VBoxDarwinAdditions won't install on Monterey

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Looks like a VB log is needed to see if the host is okay.
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Re: VBoxDarwinAdditions won't install on Monterey

Post by mpack »

emiesteban wrote:we can obtain another kext for use the 3d video card?
Another? The undocumented MacOS GAs have never included graphics drivers, so I doubt that any such kext exists. Please review the sticky about which MacOS GA features are working. Basically it seems to be only low level guest communications, and copy/paste for some reason.
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