guest additions not working
Posted: 6. Aug 2019, 20:08
Hello everyone!
I have a ubuntu 16.04 host and i'm running ubuntu 18.04 guest OS on virtualbox. I'm trying to run commands to control the VM through the host using VBoxManage. Starting up the vm works fine but when I try to do a command as such I get the following error:
I've looked at other forums but nothing seems to work . It was also working initially but when i tried it a few days later it stopped working with the error above.
i've attached the log for reference
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I have a ubuntu 16.04 host and i'm running ubuntu 18.04 guest OS on virtualbox. I'm trying to run commands to control the VM through the host using VBoxManage. Starting up the vm works fine but when I try to do a command as such
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VBoxManage guestcontrol "ubuntu" run --exe "/bin/ls" --username "root" --password "abcde"
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VBoxManage: error: The guest execution service is not ready (yet)
VBoxManage: error: Details: code VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80bb0005), component GuestSessionWrap, interface IGuestSession, callee nsISupports
VBoxManage: error: Context: "WaitForArray(ComSafeArrayAsInParam(aSessionWaitFlags), 30 * 1000, &enmWaitResult)" at line 938 of file VBoxManageGuestCtrl.cpp
i've attached the log for reference
Any help would be greatly appreciated!