Bi-directional clipboard not functioning.

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Bi-directional clipboard not functioning.

Postby freeroute » 15. Mar 2015, 16:41

Host: Ubuntu 12.04 x64
Guest: Ubuntu 14.04 x64 (the GUI I'm running on the guest is i3wm)

Method of testing: Copy & paste something out of gedit running on guest to host and vice versa.

I installed the guest additions as per the manual. I've noticed that resolution scaling does work, but bidirectional copy+paste does not.
Bidirectional copy+paste settings are enabled.

This is my VBoxManage showvminfo:
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Name:            ubuntu_testing_grounds
Groups:          /
Guest OS:        Ubuntu (64 bit)
UUID:            ce90b31a-0f43-41a4-b7bc-e835126e387d
Config file:     /media/postwin/VMs/VirtualBox VMs/ubuntu_testing_grounds/ubuntu_testing_grounds.vbox
Snapshot folder: /media/postwin/VMs/VirtualBox VMs/ubuntu_testing_grounds/Snapshots
Log folder:      /media/postwin/VMs/VirtualBox VMs/ubuntu_testing_grounds/Logs
Hardware UUID:   ce90b31a-0f43-41a4-b7bc-e835126e387d
Memory size:     2048MB
Page Fusion:     off
VRAM size:       128MB
CPU exec cap:    100%
HPET:            off
Chipset:         piix3
Firmware:        BIOS
Number of CPUs:  2
PAE:             off
Long Mode:       on
Synthetic CPU:   off
CPUID overrides: None
Boot menu mode:  message and menu
Boot Device (1): Floppy
Boot Device (2): DVD
Boot Device (3): HardDisk
Boot Device (4): Not Assigned
ACPI:            on
IOAPIC:          on
Time offset:     0ms
RTC:             UTC
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Nested Paging:   on
Large Pages:     off
VT-x VPID:       on
VT-x unr. exec.: on
State:           running (since 2015-03-14T23:04:55.179000000)
Monitor count:   1
3D Acceleration: on
2D Video Acceleration: off
Teleporter Enabled: off
Teleporter Port: 0
Teleporter Address:
Teleporter Password:
Tracing Enabled: off
Allow Tracing to Access VM: off
Tracing Configuration:
Autostart Enabled: off
Autostart Delay: 0
Default Frontend:
Storage Controller Name (0):            IDE
Storage Controller Type (0):            PIIX4
Storage Controller Instance Number (0): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (0):  2
Storage Controller Port Count (0):      2
Storage Controller Bootable (0):        on
Storage Controller Name (1):            SATA
Storage Controller Type (1):            IntelAhci
Storage Controller Instance Number (1): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (1):  30
Storage Controller Port Count (1):      1
Storage Controller Bootable (1):        on
IDE (1, 0): /usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso (UUID: b31a60aa-11b1-4fc1-85d5-68b1cb1028ed)
SATA (0, 0): /media/postwin/VMs/VirtualBox VMs/ubuntu_testing_grounds/Snapshots/{3444b9fa-7f88-4ba9-bdc3-1c4347da2879}.vdi (UUID: 3444b9fa-7f88-4ba9-bdc3-1c4347da2879)
NIC 1:           MAC: 080027F00637, Attachment: Bridged Interface 'wlan0', Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: 82540EM, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: deny, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 2:           disabled
NIC 3:           disabled
NIC 4:           disabled
NIC 5:           disabled
NIC 6:           disabled
NIC 7:           disabled
NIC 8:           disabled
Pointing Device: USB Tablet
Keyboard Device: PS/2 Keyboard
UART 1:          disabled
UART 2:          disabled
LPT 1:           disabled
LPT 2:           disabled
Audio:           enabled (Driver: PulseAudio, Controller: AC97)
Clipboard Mode:  Bidirectional
Drag'n'drop Mode: Bidirectional
Session type:    GUI/Qt
Video mode:      1366x768x32 at 0,0
VRDE:            disabled
USB:             enabled
EHCI:            disabled

USB Device Filters:

<none>

Available remote USB devices:

<none>

Currently Attached USB Devices:

<none>

Bandwidth groups:  <none>

Shared folders:  <none>

VRDE Connection:    not active
Clients so far:     0

Video capturing:    not active
Capture screens:    0
Capture file:       /media/postwin/VMs/VirtualBox VMs/ubuntu_testing_grounds/ubuntu_testing_grounds.webm
Capture dimensions: 1024x768
Capture rate:       512 kbps
Capture FPS:        25

Guest:

Configured memory balloon size:      0 MB
OS type:                             Linux26_64
Additions run level:                 2
Additions version:                   4.3.24 r98716


Guest Facilities:

Facility "VirtualBox Base Driver": active/running (last update: 2015/03/13 23:04:43 UTC)
Facility "VirtualBox System Service": active/running (last update: 2015/03/14 22:34:08 UTC)
Facility "Seamless Mode": not active (last update: 2015/03/14 22:34:08 UTC)
Facility "Graphics Mode": active/running (last update: 2015/03/14 22:05:05 UTC)

Snapshots:

   Name: Partitioning @ netinstall (UUID: 99bc4f9c-d9cc-4eee-bad5-1e3b4bd06668)
   Description:
I want to prevent these kinds of situations.

So this is why I'm saving :)
      Name: pick_a_kernel (UUID: dc2eaad9-4298-402f-9e3f-d1733dbcc54c)
      Description:
Post partitioning.
         Name: fresh_install (UUID: e3b6696f-c746-4acc-a6f2-6e71c26b845d)
            Name: inb4_i3_install (UUID: f3887513-e3c0-4ee0-a84d-90b5b3ebe03f)
            Description:
Environment set up... time for i3wm!
               Name: skype_setup_complete (UUID: 8ae81e0c-38f9-4380-bcee-7a1705320974) *
               Description:
Guest additions installed.
Checking whether bi-directional copy+paste will work.


I then decided to re-install guest additions:
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$ sudo su
root@tg1404:/media/cd# sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run uninstall
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 4.3.24 Guest Additions for Linux............
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
Removing installed version 4.3.24 of VirtualBox Guest Additions...
root@tg1404:/media/cd# exit

$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list | curl -F 'f:1=<-' ix.io
ix.io/gU9

$ ll /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
total 12K
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Feb 26 21:05 ./
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4.0K Feb 27 21:44 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   48 Feb 26 21:03 i3_sur5r.list

$ ll /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-4.3.24/
total 8.0K
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Mar 14 23:33 ./
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4.0K Mar 14 20:47 ../

$ ll /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-4.3.22/
total 8.0K
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Mar 14 20:47 ./
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4.0K Mar 14 20:47 ../


$ sudo reboot now



=== Installation ===

$ sudo su
root@tg1404:/media/cd# sh VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 4.3.24 Guest Additions for Linux............
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
You appear to have a version of the VBoxGuestAdditions software
on your system which was installed from a different source or using a
different type of installer.  If you installed it from a package from your
Linux distribution or if it is a default part of the system then we strongly
recommend that you cancel this installation and remove it properly before
installing this version.  If this is simply an older or a damaged
installation you may safely proceed.

Do you wish to continue anyway? [yes or no]
no


## This is strange because...

$ aptitude search virtualbox
p   unity-scope-virtualbox                                                                   - VirtualBox scope for Unity                                                                       
p   virtualbox                                                                               - x86 virtualization solution - base binaries                                                       
p   virtualbox:i386                                                                          - x86 virtualization solution - base binaries                                                       
p   virtualbox-dbg                                                                           - x86 virtualization solution - debugging symbols                                                   
p   virtualbox-dbg:i386                                                                      - x86 virtualization solution - debugging symbols                                                   
p   virtualbox-dkms                                                                          - x86 virtualization solution - kernel module sources for dkms                                     
p   virtualbox-guest-additions-iso                                                           - guest additions iso image for VirtualBox                                                         
p   virtualbox-guest-dkms                                                                    - x86 virtualization solution - guest addition module source for dkms                               
p   virtualbox-guest-source                                                                  - x86 virtualization solution - guest addition module source                                       
p   virtualbox-guest-utils                                                                   - x86 virtualization solution - non-X11 guest utilities                                             
p   virtualbox-guest-utils:i386                                                              - x86 virtualization solution - non-X11 guest utilities                                             
p   virtualbox-guest-x11                                                                     - x86 virtualization solution - X11 guest utilities                                                 
p   virtualbox-guest-x11:i386                                                                - x86 virtualization solution - X11 guest utilities                                                 
p   virtualbox-qt                                                                            - x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user interface                                             
p   virtualbox-qt:i386                                                                       - x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user interface                                             
p   virtualbox-source                                                                        - x86 virtualization solution - kernel module source                                               


$ sudo grep -ri vbox /etc/
/etc/gshadow:vboxsf:!::
/etc/group:vboxsf:x:999:
/etc/services:vboxd             20012/tcp                       # voice box system
/etc/services:vboxd             20012/udp
/etc/passwd:vboxadd:x:999:1::/var/run/vboxadd:/bin/false
/etc/shadow:vboxadd:!:16495::::::


dpkg -l | grep -i virtualbox - does not show any results


As you can see after uninstalling and re-installing guest additions, the system mentioned that I still had guest additions installed, despite me finding no traces.

So then I decided to re-install guest additions (chose yes when asked):

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root@tg1404:/media/cd# sh VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 4.3.24 Guest Additions for Linux............
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
You appear to have a version of the VBoxGuestAdditions software
on your system which was installed from a different source or using a
different type of installer.  If you installed it from a package from your
Linux distribution or if it is a default part of the system then we strongly
recommend that you cancel this installation and remove it properly before
installing this version.  If this is simply an older or a damaged
installation you may safely proceed.

Do you wish to continue anyway? [yes or no]
yes
Removing existing VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Removing existing VirtualBox non-DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Copying additional installer modules ...
Installing additional modules ...
Removing existing VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Removing existing VirtualBox non-DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules ...done.
Doing non-kernel setup of the Guest Additions ...done.
Starting the VirtualBox Guest Additions ...done.
Installing the Window System drivers
Installing X. Org Server 1.15 modules ...done.
Setting up the Window System to use the Guest Additions ...done.
You may need to restart the hal service and the Window System (or just restart
the guest system) to enable the Guest Additions.

Installing graphics libraries and desktop services components ...done.


Sadly this too did not make bidirectional copy+paste possible.

I then searched a bit more on this forum and found this post [to which I can't link because despite this being a virtualbox forum link, my account still has to be 1 day old to post urls, lol] - I then tried adding /usr/bin/VBoxClient to .xinitrc

My .xinitrc now looks like this:
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#!/bin/sh
# .xinitrc
# Whatever

if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
  for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
    [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
  done
  unset f
fi

# i3wm specific
mkdir ~/i3logs
exec i3 -V >> ~/i3logs/i3log-$(date +'%F_%T%z') 2>&1

# Virtualbox specific
exec /usr/bin/VBoxClient

# Make keyboard rate sane
xset r rate 280 30


But this also did not result in a bi-directional copy+paste.
I'm running out of options to try, so if anyone could give me some more directions that would be awesome.
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Re: Bi-directional clipboard not functioning.

Postby loukingjr » 15. Mar 2015, 16:54

Copy and Paste only works with plain text and image clippings. You cannot copy and paste files.
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Re: Bi-directional clipboard not functioning.

Postby Perryg » 15. Mar 2015, 17:05

Your log file does not show any additions. I do see a lot of suspends and resume so first I would reboot the guest and see if the additions actually install properly and if not post the log file ( as an attachment ) after you properly shut down the guest.
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Re: Bi-directional clipboard not functioning.

Postby freeroute » 15. Mar 2015, 17:30

loukingjr wrote:Copy and Paste only works with plain text and image clippings. You cannot copy and paste files.

Yes, I'm trying to paste to and from gedit (it's a gnome text editor).

Perryg wrote:Your log file does not show any additions. I do see a lot of suspends and resume so first I would reboot the guest and see if the additions actually install properly and if not post the log file ( as an attachment ) after you properly shut down the guest.

I'm sorry, I appear to have uploaded the wrong log file. It should be updated now.
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Re: Bi-directional clipboard not functioning.

Postby Perryg » 15. Mar 2015, 18:00

Best I can tell, you have installed the official guest additions over the ones from the ubuntu repo. This causes a lot of problems.

I would purge the additions completely and reboot the guest then install the ones that came with the install. Use the devices tab to insert the additions and run from terminal.
Just use sudo without switching the user ( su ) and then after another good reboot see if it works properly.
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Re: Bi-directional clipboard not functioning.

Postby freeroute » 15. Mar 2015, 18:51

Perryg wrote:Best I can tell, you have installed the official guest additions over the ones from the ubuntu repo. This causes a lot of problems.

I would purge the additions completely and reboot the guest then install the ones that came with the install. Use the devices tab to insert the additions and run from terminal.
Just use sudo without switching the user ( su ) and then after another good reboot see if it works properly.


That's peculiar since in my original post I listed the output of 'aptitude search virtualbox' and not one of the virtualbox packages were installed:

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$ aptitude search virtualbox
p   unity-scope-virtualbox                                                                   - VirtualBox scope for Unity                                                                       
p   virtualbox                                                                               - x86 virtualization solution - base binaries                                                       
p   virtualbox:i386                                                                          - x86 virtualization solution - base binaries                                                       
p   virtualbox-dbg                                                                           - x86 virtualization solution - debugging symbols                                                   
p   virtualbox-dbg:i386                                                                      - x86 virtualization solution - debugging symbols                                                   
p   virtualbox-dkms                                                                          - x86 virtualization solution - kernel module sources for dkms                                     
p   virtualbox-guest-additions-iso                                                           - guest additions iso image for VirtualBox                                                         
p   virtualbox-guest-dkms                                                                    - x86 virtualization solution - guest addition module source for dkms                               
p   virtualbox-guest-source                                                                  - x86 virtualization solution - guest addition module source                                       
p   virtualbox-guest-utils                                                                   - x86 virtualization solution - non-X11 guest utilities                                             
p   virtualbox-guest-utils:i386                                                              - x86 virtualization solution - non-X11 guest utilities                                             
p   virtualbox-guest-x11                                                                     - x86 virtualization solution - X11 guest utilities                                                 
p   virtualbox-guest-x11:i386                                                                - x86 virtualization solution - X11 guest utilities                                                 
p   virtualbox-qt                                                                            - x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user interface                                             
p   virtualbox-qt:i386                                                                       - x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user interface                                             
p   virtualbox-source                                                                        - x86 virtualization solution - kernel module source                                               



How would you recommend me to completely purge the guest additions? Last time I just followed the manual but apparently that wasn't thorough enough.
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Re: Bi-directional clipboard not functioning.

Postby Perryg » 15. Mar 2015, 19:43

What does the following report?

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ps -Al | grep V


case is upper V and try with lower v as well.
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Re: Bi-directional clipboard not functioning.

Postby freeroute » 15. Mar 2015, 20:52

Perryg wrote:What does the following report?

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ps -Al | grep V


case is upper V and try with lower v as well.


As per now (with guest additions installed) it's this:

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$ ps -Al | grep -i v
1 S     0  1122     1  0  80   0 - 58187 sigtim ?        00:00:05 VBoxService
5 S     0    21     2  0  80   0 -     0 devtmp ?        00:00:00 kdevtmpfs
1 S     0    31     2  0  60 -20 -     0 rescue ?        00:00:00 devfreq_wq
1 S     0   245     2  0  60 -20 -     0 rescue ?        00:00:00 ext4-rsv-conver
1 S     0   371     1  0  80   0 -  4868 poll_s ?        00:00:00 upstart-udev-br
5 S     0   376     1  0  80   0 - 12897 ep_pol ?        00:00:00 systemd-udevd
1 S     0   512     2  0  60 -20 -     0 rescue ?        00:00:00 ext4-rsv-conver


And after I did this:
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$ sudo /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-4.3.24/uninstall.sh
[sudo] password for tst:
Removing installed version 4.3.24 of VirtualBox Guest Additions...


The previous output looks like this:
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$ ps -Al | grep -i v
5 S     0    21     2  0  80   0 -     0 devtmp ?        00:00:00 kdevtmpfs
1 S     0    31     2  0  60 -20 -     0 rescue ?        00:00:00 devfreq_wq
1 S     0   245     2  0  60 -20 -     0 rescue ?        00:00:00 ext4-rsv-conver
1 S     0   371     1  0  80   0 -  4868 poll_s ?        00:00:00 upstart-udev-br
5 S     0   376     1  0  80   0 - 12897 ep_pol ?        00:00:00 systemd-udevd
1 S     0   512     2  0  60 -20 -     0 rescue ?        00:00:00 ext4-rsv-conver


So that means the VBoxService has been removed after I ran the uninstall script. Upon reboot it generated a log file which I have attached.

I then mounted the guest additions CD again, changed the dir to the CD root and did the following:
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$ sudo sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run                                                                                                                                                               
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 4.3.24 Guest Additions for Linux............
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
You appear to have a version of the VBoxGuestAdditions software
on your system which was installed from a different source or using a
different type of installer.  If you installed it from a package from your
Linux distribution or if it is a default part of the system then we strongly
recommend that you cancel this installation and remove it properly before
installing this version.  If this is simply an older or a damaged
installation you may safely proceed.

Do you wish to continue anyway? [yes or no]


So apparently there is still some parts of the guest additions left over but I'm not sure where. What would you advise?
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Re: Bi-directional clipboard not functioning.

Postby Perryg » 15. Mar 2015, 21:09

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You appear to have a version of the VBoxGuestAdditions software
on your system which was installed from a different source or using a
different type of installer.


This is what I was talking about. You would never receive this error unless the install script detected the OSE version of the guest additions.

Did you also run the command with lower case v as I suggested?

If you see anything vbox or VirtualBox it must be removed before you can install the proper guest additions or you *will* have problems.

I also see you did not run the command exactly as I suggested. It would be wise to follow my instructions to the letter so we can both be on the same page.
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Re: Bi-directional clipboard not functioning.

Postby freeroute » 15. Mar 2015, 21:16

Perryg wrote:
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You appear to have a version of the VBoxGuestAdditions software
on your system which was installed from a different source or using a
different type of installer.


This is what I was talking about. You would never receive this error unless the install script detected the OSE version of the guest additions.

Did you also run the command with lower case v as I suggested?

If you see anything vbox or VirtualBox it must be removed before you can install the proper guest additions or you *will* have problems.

I also see you did not run the command exactly as I suggested. It would be wise to follow my instructions to the letter so we can both be on the same page.


grep -i does a case insensitive search, so the search pattern would include both v and V.

But I'll do as you suggested:

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$ ps -Al |grep v
5 S     0    21     2  0  80   0 -     0 devtmp ?        00:00:00 kdevtmpfs
1 S     0    31     2  0  60 -20 -     0 rescue ?        00:00:00 devfreq_wq
1 S     0   246     2  0  60 -20 -     0 rescue ?        00:00:00 ext4-rsv-conver
1 S     0   371     1  0  80   0 -  4868 poll_s ?        00:00:00 upstart-udev-br
5 S     0   377     1  0  80   0 - 12887 ep_pol ?        00:00:00 systemd-udevd
1 S     0   545     2  0  60 -20 -     0 rescue ?        00:00:00 ext4-rsv-conver

$ ps -Al |grep V



So is there a more thorough method of removing guest additions?
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Re: Bi-directional clipboard not functioning.

Postby Perryg » 15. Mar 2015, 21:21

Hard to say, and I know what the i switch does. So what happens once you try to install the new GAs with just the sudo ... command?
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Re: Bi-directional clipboard not functioning.

Postby freeroute » 15. Mar 2015, 21:31

Perryg wrote:Hard to say, and I know what the i switch does. So what happens once you try to install the new GAs with just the sudo ... command?


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$ sudo sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 4.3.24 Guest Additions for Linux............
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
You appear to have a version of the VBoxGuestAdditions software
on your system which was installed from a different source or using a
different type of installer.  If you installed it from a package from your
Linux distribution or if it is a default part of the system then we strongly
recommend that you cancel this installation and remove it properly before
installing this version.  If this is simply an older or a damaged
installation you may safely proceed.

Do you wish to continue anyway? [yes or no]
yes
Removing existing VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Removing existing VirtualBox non-DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Copying additional installer modules ...
Installing additional modules ...
Removing existing VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Removing existing VirtualBox non-DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules ...done.
Doing non-kernel setup of the Guest Additions ...done.
Starting the VirtualBox Guest Additions ...done.
Installing the Window System drivers
Installing X. Org Server 1.15 modules ...done.
Setting up the Window System to use the Guest Additions ...done.
You may need to restart the hal service and the Window System (or just restart
the guest system) to enable the Guest Additions.

Installing graphics libraries and desktop services components ...done.


I then rebooted, the log of that should be attached to this post.
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Re: Bi-directional clipboard not functioning.

Postby Perryg » 15. Mar 2015, 21:54

Well I can't tell you what is going on because you are still getting the error about a previous install. If the clipboard still does not work that is more than likely the issue.
One last bit of advise. The installer can't remove GAs from a different version so you would need to find the way to remove all bits of it to work properly
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Re: Bi-directional clipboard not functioning.

Postby freeroute » 16. Mar 2015, 01:22

Perryg wrote:Well I can't tell you what is going on because you are still getting the error about a previous install. If the clipboard still does not work that is more than likely the issue.
One last bit of advise. The installer can't remove GAs from a different version so you would need to find the way to remove all bits of it to work properly


So I uninstalled the GA, unmounted the CD and did the following:

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$ sudo find / -iname "*vbox*"
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/vboxvideo_dri.so
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/vboxvideo_dri.so
/var/log/vboxadd-install.log
/var/log/VBoxGuestAdditions-uninstall.log
/var/log/VBoxGuestAdditions.log
/var/log/vboxadd-install-x11.log
/run/udev/links/\x2fdisk\x2fby-id\x2fata-VBOX_HARDDISK_VB0ded6882-d5487355-part1
/run/udev/links/\x2fdisk\x2fby-id\x2fata-VBOX_HARDDISK_VB0ded6882-d5487355-part6
/run/udev/links/\x2fdisk\x2fby-id\x2fata-VBOX_HARDDISK_VB0ded6882-d5487355-part5
/run/udev/links/\x2fdisk\x2fby-id\x2fata-VBOX_HARDDISK_VB0ded6882-d5487355-part2
/run/udev/links/\x2fdisk\x2fby-id\x2fata-VBOX_HARDDISK_VB0ded6882-d5487355
/run/udev/links/\x2fdisk\x2fby-id\x2fata-VBOX_CD-ROM_VB2-01700376
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-VBOX_HARDDISK_VB0ded6882-d5487355-part1
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-VBOX_HARDDISK_VB0ded6882-d5487355-part6
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-VBOX_HARDDISK_VB0ded6882-d5487355-part5
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-VBOX_HARDDISK_VB0ded6882-d5487355-part2
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-VBOX_HARDDISK_VB0ded6882-d5487355
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-VBOX_CD-ROM_VB2-01700376


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$ sudo find / -iname "*virtualbox*"
/run/udev/links/\x2finput\x2fby-id\x2fusb-VirtualBox_USB_Tablet-mouse
/run/udev/links/\x2finput\x2fby-id\x2fusb-VirtualBox_USB_Tablet-event-mouse
/dev/input/by-id/usb-VirtualBox_USB_Tablet-mouse
/dev/input/by-id/usb-VirtualBox_USB_Tablet-event-mouse


I removed those entries and the GA installer didn't say that there were previous versions installed.

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$ sudo sh VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 4.3.24 Guest Additions for Linux............
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
Copying additional installer modules ...
Installing additional modules ...
Removing existing VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Removing existing VirtualBox non-DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules ...done.
Doing non-kernel setup of the Guest Additions ...done.
Starting the VirtualBox Guest Additions ...done.
Installing the Window System drivers
Installing X. Org Server 1.15 modules ...done.
Setting up the Window System to use the Guest Additions ...done.
You may need to restart the hal service and the Window System (or just restart
the guest system) to enable the Guest Additions.

Installing graphics libraries and desktop services components ...done.
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Re: Bi-directional clipboard not functioning.

Postby freeroute » 16. Mar 2015, 01:36

Booted into i3wm and I still don't have bidirectional copy&paste.
Attached is my log.

I am all out of ideas. Could this be a bug?
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