bi-directional drag n drop copy paste

[mpack]

The fact that a folder exists may not be definitive.

Please zip and post a new log, so we can see if the Guest Additions got installed.

[An]

I will REALLY appreciate help till a working VirtualBox with guest additions are installed. I apologise for being absent but my home laptop stopped working. Even if I can find a link to a working Virtual Box with Linux kali as guest and Windows as host

Today I tried to update and suspect Guest additions are sitting in a temp folder

I did a drag attempt and a copy and paste attempt and am sending a log file of this

Linux kali-2023-08-11-15-08-54 log 11 8 23.zip

(51.9 KiB) Downloaded 23 times

[mpack]

00:00:42.948784 VMMDev: Guest Additions information report: Version 6.0.0 r127566 '6.0.0'

You have not installed the GAs. That quoted part is just the kernel-level stuff that Debian adds to the kernel. It is both obsolete and not sufficient.

See chapter 4, and pay attention to error messages when you build the GAs.

[scottgus1]

In line with Mpack's diagnosis, and based on some hex whispering from fth0 lately, you tried to install the Guest Additions, but you didn't run the prerequisites, especially the kernel headers:

00:00:42.948784 VMMDev: Guest Additions information report: Version 6.0.0 r127566 '6.0.0'
...
00:00:48.864275 VMMDev: Guest Log: 12:31:57.034372 main VBoxService 7.0.8 r156879 (verbosity: 0) linux.amd64 (Apr 17 2023 18:38:33) release log

Guest Additions have prerequisites in Linux, same as Virtualbox on the host, see https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04. ... ions-linux and https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch02. ... nux-prereq
Also, watch the terminal installation report when running the GAs installer. Error messages will show if the install ran into a problem.

I'd recommend uninstalling/purging the Guest additions from the Linux VM OS. Reboot, then run the prerequisites, then the Guest Additions again.

Also, downgrade the Extension Pack:

00:00:08.332394 VirtualBox VM 7.0.8 r156879 win.amd64 (Apr 17 2023 16:42:53) release log
00:00:08.514870 Installed Extension Packs:
00:00:08.514897 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack (Version: 7.0.10 r158379; VRDE Module: VBoxVRDP; Crypto Module: VBoxPuelCrypto)

Extension Pack must match Virtualbox version. See https://download.virtualbox.org/virtual ... ox-extpack

Alternatively, bring the host up to 7.0.10, leave the existing 7.0.10 Extension Pack in place, uninstall the Guest Additions, run the prerequisites, then install the 7.0.10 Guest Additions.

[An]

Thank you SO MUCH for all the advice
That , together with this link helped me to install headers
then GuestAdditions - from the iso but with an additional 'sh' as explained in link below
https://itslinuxfoss.com/virtualbox-gue ... 20packages.

I can now copy and past from guest to host and back

Not 100% sure if everything is there but working for now

[p060477]

so now we are duly curious...:
is drag n drop copy paste bi directional host->guest guest -> host finally working...???

[mpack]

Copy/paste is generally reliable if you stick to supported clipboard items (plain text and images - no files).

Drag and drop has never been reliable. That is (and should have been) an entirely separate discussion.