Guest Additions Will Not Load

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caltrop
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Guest Additions Will Not Load

Post by caltrop »

I am having nothing but PROBLEMS with VirtualBox Guests in Linux Mint
WinXP
NO Internet
Linux - testing another Linux Distribution
NO Guest Additions


Guest Additions CD

Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 5.1.26 Guest Additions for Linux...........
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
Unable to determine correct library path.
Press Return to close this window...
socratis
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VBox Version: PUEL
Guest OSses: Win(*>98), Linux*, OSX>10.5
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Re: Guest Additions Will Not Load

Post by socratis »

Pick one problem per thread and one thread per problem please.
Do NOT send me Personal Messages (PMs) for troubleshooting, they are simply deleted.
Do NOT reply with the "QUOTE" button, please use the "POST REPLY", at the bottom of the form.
If you obfuscate any information requested, I will obfuscate my response. These are virtual UUIDs, not real ones.
caltrop
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Joined: 7. Aug 2017, 16:07

Re: Guest Additions Will Not Load

Post by caltrop »

This is a single topic.

Guest Additions will not load.

Linux Host running another linux distribution.

Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 5.0.40 Guest Additions for Linux...........
.
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
Unable to determine correct library path.
Press Return to close this window.
Perryg
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VBox Version: OSE self-compiled
Guest OSses: *NIX

Re: Guest Additions Will Not Load

Post by Perryg »

Post the guests log file ( as an attachment ). Right click on the guest in the Main Manager then click show log. Save and post as an attachment. Compress if it is too large to post.

Also confirm that you are attempting to install the guest additions in the guest and not the host.
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