Can't install guest additions on new Ubuntu 22.04 installation

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RoyG
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Joined: 18. Mar 2019, 22:14

Can't install guest additions on new Ubuntu 22.04 installation

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VirtualBox version 6.1.34 r150636
Ubuntu 22.04 just installed from ISO image

When I mount the guest additions CD (label VBox_GAs_6.1.34) and click on it, the window showing the files appears with the "Run Software" button in the upper right. However, clicking on this button does nothing. It works on my Ubuntu 20.04 VM.

I don't know if this is a problem with Ubuntu, with VirtualBox, with the guest additions, or what, so I come to you smart people. There's nothing in the Ubuntu logs that I can tell is relevant.

Thanks for any suggestions.
RoyG
Posts: 18
Joined: 18. Mar 2019, 22:14

Re: Can't install guest additions on new Ubuntu 22.04 installation

Post by RoyG »

I figured out that I could right-click on the autorun.sh file on the disk and choose "Run" (or something like that) and that worked.

However, now I have a new problem--my mouse doesn't work any more, except on the dock. Is there a way to remove the GAs (without a mouse!) to see if the mouse starts working again?
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