installation of virtualbox add-ons
installation of virtualbox add-ons
Hi, where can I find installation instructions for guest additions
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Re: installation of virtualbox add-ons
In the user manual, chapter 4.
Re: installation of virtualbox add-ons
and I need to make the clipboard synchronize with the main operating system, what would you recommend to read?mpack wrote:In the user manual, chapter 4.
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Re: installation of virtualbox add-ons
Have you tried Help » Contents? It's searchable actually. On top of that, there's a nice PDF version of the User Manual in "/usr/share/doc/virtualbox-5.2", also searchable...
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Re: installation of virtualbox add-ons
I executed the command, rcvboxadd setup He was indignant that such a team does not exist. Tell me what I'm doing wrong?
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Re: installation of virtualbox add-ons
We need to see a complete VBox.log, from a complete VM run:
I need that primarily to see the details about the host and the guest, so I'll know what would be the best course of action.
But, the idea is that you insert the GAs CD (menu "Devices" » "Insert GAs CD Image") and then in the guest you run "VBoxLinuxAdditions.run". Read the messages closely, see if anything failed and if there are instructions on what to do...
- Start the VM from cold-boot (not from a paused or saved state) / Observe error / Shutdown the VM (force close it if you have to).
- With the VM completely shut down (not paused or saved), right-click on the VM in the VirtualBox Manager and select "Show Log".
- Save only the first "VBox.log", ZIP it and attach it to your response. See the "Upload attachment" tab below the reply form.
I need that primarily to see the details about the host and the guest, so I'll know what would be the best course of action.
But, the idea is that you insert the GAs CD (menu "Devices" » "Insert GAs CD Image") and then in the guest you run "VBoxLinuxAdditions.run". Read the messages closely, see if anything failed and if there are instructions on what to do...
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Hello, I understood your words how to copy the logs of a turned off virtual machine without turning it on
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Re: installation of virtualbox add-ons
You missed the part about ZIPPING the log...
I don't see the Guest Additions (GAs) being installed. You inserted the GAs CD, but there is no indication that you installed them in your Debian guest...
I don't see the Guest Additions (GAs) being installed. You inserted the GAs CD, but there is no indication that you installed them in your Debian guest...
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Re: installation of virtualbox add-ons
Hello, I ran the rcvboxadd setup command, but the virtual machine does not know this command.
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Re: installation of virtualbox add-ons
I would ignore that step for now. When you have inserted the Guest Additions into the virtual CD drive, if it doesn't get auto-mounted then you will need to do so manually.
Once the image is mounted then navigate to that directory and run:
Once the image is mounted then navigate to that directory and run:
sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
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Re: installation of virtualbox add-ons
did I understand you correctly? I moved to the directory / media / cdrom and already there executed the command sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
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Re: installation of virtualbox add-ons
If the file isn't there, then either the Guest Additions disk hasn't been mounted correctly in the Debian guest or you aren't looking in the right place. Can you post the output of running:
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df -h
in the Debian guest?-Andy.
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