I have installed DragonFlyBSD 6.4 64bit (latest release) as a guest under Virtualbox 7.0.8 (current) on Ubuntu 22.04 (current).
DragonFly seems to operate OK, however I am unable to get guest additions working.
I need those additions working so the GUI X desktop works and the mouse works.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Guest to DragonFly 6.4 64bit
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Re: Guest to DragonFly 6.4 64bit
There are no Guest Additions provided by VirtualBox for BSD. The list of guests supported by GAs can be found in the user manual.
You may be able to find third party builds (e.g. from FreeBSD), I wouldn't know.
You may be able to find third party builds (e.g. from FreeBSD), I wouldn't know.
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Re: Guest to DragonFly 6.4 64bit
Well, just a caveat that DragonFly is not FreeBSD. DragonFly apparantly forked from FreeBSD quite some time ago. The FreeBSD community have done a port of the GAs so presumably that is indeed the best bet - but I have not tested that it works.
Re: Guest to DragonFly 6.4 64bit
That's not exactly true. Virtualbox 7.0.8 supports FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD.mpack wrote: ↑18. Jul 2023, 10:00 There are no Guest Additions provided by VirtualBox for BSD. The list of guests supported by GAs can be found in the user manual.
You may be able to find third party builds (e.g. from FreeBSD), I wouldn't know.
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Re: Guest to DragonFly 6.4 64bit
I referred you to the user manual. I see no mention of BSD support documented there?
To my knowledge, the BSD support that does exist is by the FreeBSD community, there has never been official support by Oracle/VirtualBox.
To my knowledge, the BSD support that does exist is by the FreeBSD community, there has never been official support by Oracle/VirtualBox.