Problems w/ Guestadditions

wabe · Post by **wabe** » 3. Nov 2008, 23:48

Running Vbox version 2.04 (latest) on Windows Server 2008 x 64 w/ Opensuse 11.0 (x64) as guest OS. Installation went well and guest is completely stable.
Have also installed Guestadditions and they 'seem' to work i.e mouse integration. Have ran into serious trouble when trying to create a shared folder and setting up a host network interface. Neither works. When trying to create a network bridge by issuing the command '/usr/bin/VBoxAddIF' I get the following message: 'bash: /usr/bin/VBoxAddIF: No such file or directory'
It seems that some functionality in the Guestadditions are not available on my system.
Any suggestions?

Post by **Sasquatch** » 4. Nov 2008, 00:08

You need to create the Host Interface on the Host side. In the VM settings, you attach one of the 4 NICs to the created HIF and enter or select the name of the Virtual Interface.

wabe · Post by **wabe** » 4. Nov 2008, 00:25

According to an article I found, the virtual adapter and bridge is first setup on the guest and the final step is to attach the bridged host interface to 'tap0'.
Also I suspect something is seriously wrong since I cannot create the shared folder between the guest and the host either. I've followed all instructions in the manual to the point but just get '/sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: No such device'
I've created the share in VBox's interface created the mount point (/mnt/shared) and issued the command 'mount -t vboxsf Linux_share /mnt/shared'
No sucess!

wabe · Post by **wabe** » 4. Nov 2008, 00:50

VBoxAddIF is missing on my system! I searched the entire disk and no trace of it. Found a ton of posts relating to this problem.
How can I get access to this crucial command! Why isn't it available? Seem to be a serious bug

Post by **Sasquatch** » 4. Nov 2008, 01:47

wabe wrote:VBoxAddIF is missing on my system! I searched the entire disk and no trace of it. Found a ton of posts relating to this problem.
How can I get access to this crucial command! Why isn't it available? Seem to be a serious bug

Perhaps because you are on a Windows Host and that command/program is for Linux Hosts. Not a bug, but a PEBKAC

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wabe · Post by **wabe** » 4. Nov 2008, 14:28

I'm not entirely stupid even if it might appear so...

Obviously I've searched the guest partition not the host. Facts remain, there is not a trace of VBoxAddIF in the Linux (Opensuse) guest file system. Can anyone advice on how to solve this problem?

I've found some articles on this issue when downloading the 'OSE'-version for Linux but that doesn't seem relevant when I installed official binaries on a Windows host.

Post by **Sasquatch** » 4. Nov 2008, 22:44

wabe wrote:I'm not entirely stupid even if it might appear so...

Obviously I've searched the guest partition not the host. Facts remain, there is not a trace of VBoxAddIF in the Linux (Opensuse) guest file system. Can anyone advice on how to solve this problem?

I've found some articles on this issue when downloading the 'OSE'-version for Linux but that doesn't seem relevant when I installed official binaries on a Windows host.

I just told you, that command is for creating Virtual Interfaces in a Linux HOST. Just read the manual, chapter 6, and it clearly states what the command does and where you need it for. If you want the virtual interface in your Guest, open the VM settings and attach it to HIF, then select the interface you created from that same dialog.

And you say that you are not entirely stupid, but if you took some time to read the manual, you wouldn't show that you might be. It sounds harsh, but it's just some advise, not an offensive remark.

wabe · Post by **wabe** » 5. Nov 2008, 01:37

I figured it out myself in the end...
I think the general description in Chapter 6 is less than informative. As short step by step instruction of this simple procedure would probably save lot's of frustration.
I've set this up before in a Windows host/Windows guest scenario. The current instructions made me believe the procedure was different for a Linux guest,

Post by **Sasquatch** » 5. Nov 2008, 20:48

wabe wrote:I figured it out myself in the end...
I think the general description in Chapter 6 is less than informative. As short step by step instruction of this simple procedure would probably save lot's of frustration.
I've set this up before in a Windows host/Windows guest scenario. The current instructions made me believe the procedure was different for a Linux guest,

There is no mentioning of a specific Guest OS. It's all written for use in the Host.

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Problems w/ Guestadditions

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