Problems installing Guest Additions on Ubuntu 8.04 (alpha 4)

SchlaWiener · Post by **SchlaWiener** » 2. Feb 2008, 14:38

Did anyone manage to get the guest-addtions work in Ubuntu 8.04?

I mounted the image, installed the Additions with "./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run".
The Output seems ok. But after a reboot I still cannot move my mouse out of the guest without pressing the host key.

I have build-essentials and the right headers installed. Do I miss any dependencies? Is there a log file for further details.

Host: Vista32 with VBox 1.4

Post by **frank** » 3. Feb 2008, 23:22

Our 1.5.4 installer does not work with Ubuntu 8.04. Check your guest /etc/X11/xorg.conf and replace the mouse driver by vboxmouse.

Marco Pladic · Post by **Marco Pladic** » 10. Feb 2008, 19:28

Does this mean that I won't be able to get a screen resolution of more than 800x600 in a Ubuntu 8.04 guest, even when having installed the guest additions?

Marco

Post by **frank** » 10. Feb 2008, 21:58

The mouse driver has nothing to do with the supported video modes. After fixing the mouse problem manually the 1.5.4 additions should work fine with Ubuntu 8.04. Just add your desired modes to /etc/X11/xorg.conf manually.

nabamer · Post by **nabamer** » 14. Feb 2008, 20:25

It seems as xorg.conf is poorly set up in Ubuntu 8.04 (in combination with virutalbox). Check the following sections, especially the drivers: you need "vboxmouse" and "vboxvideo"

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "vboxmouse"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "vboxvideo"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
# whatever modes you want
Modes "1600x1024" "1440x900" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
Inputdevice "Generic Keyboard"
Inputdevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

hth, cheers kapo