7.0.14 Guest Additions not fully functional

[Arius]

I had Guest Additions problems in 7.0.8 but first upgraded to 7.0.14 to see if it made any difference.
Installed 7.0.14 Guest Additions in each VM.
But the same problems persist.

Host is Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon x64.
Four VMs:
- Linux Mint 21.3 Xfce x64
- Linus Mint 21.3 Cinnamon x64
- Windows 7 Pro x32
- Windows 7 Pro x64

All four VMs have same issues:
- copy and paste doesn't work in either direction.
- drag and drop only works from host to guest - not guest to host.
Folder sharing works.
Shared clipboard and drag and drop are set to bidirectional.
My Linux VM accounts are granted vboxsf.
The /var/log/vbox-setup.log files all show the same:
Building the main VirtualBox module.
Building the net filter module.
Building the net adaptor module.

Any help will be appreciated.

[Lisa Miller]

Any help will be appreciated.

I dont know a solution but you can read about situation:
* LMDE6 host, LMDE6 guest
* Virtualbox 7.0.12 and 7.0.14
* viewtopic.php?p=547631#p547631

As I heard, DnD worked on VirtualBox 6.x in boot directions.

Looks like there is a good guide on how to investigate/report:
* https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/DnDDebug

and it appears like there are now multiple bugs logged:
* https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/21422
* https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/21441
* https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/21444
* https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/21445
* https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/21445

[Lisa Miller]

I opened now a separated question. Possible that will help on the end:

"What is the last known version of VirtualBox where DnD still works in both directions?"
* viewtopic.php?t=111442

[FX8370core]

Extension pack is installed on the host?
The host user name is in the vboxuser group?
The three modules vboxdrv vboxnetadp vboxnetfit added to /etc/modules?

The guest additions need to be installed in each of the VMs.

Reboot of host system required.

Then at least copy/paste should work.

[Arius]

I didn't see any action taken on the five logged bugs.
If I log a report who will look at it?

I didn't install the Extension pack - only the Guest Additions - is the Extension pack required for DnD and/or Copy and Paste?
The host user name is in the vboxuser group.
The 7.0.14 Guest Additions are installed in all VMs.

Does the following show which modules are installed?
# lsmod | grep vbox
vboxnetadp 28672 0
vboxnetflt 28672 1
vboxdrv 610304 4 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt

In the guest VM vboxadd-setup.log there is this message:
kernel modules and services were not reloaded

The www.virtualbox.org/wiki/DnDDebug instructions for more logging in the VM client did log to "/tmp/Virtualbox Dropped Files" the file I dragged from host to guest and with no errors.

I tried to drag a file from guest to host but the file will not leave the guest and there is no error logged to "/tmp/Virtualbox Dropped Files".

Since it could be that the error is in the host I will next try the instructions for extra DnD logging in the host.

[Arius]

In /etc/environment added VBOX_RELEASE_LOG=guest_dnd.e.l.l2.l3.f in the host.

The host syslog shows DnD messages for successfully dragging a file from host to guest but nothing about failure to drag a file from guest to host.

But in the guest syslog found that the vboxadd-service.service startup exits with failure and cannot find any other info on this failure.

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Apr 23 07:36:15 brwsvr systemd[1]: Starting vboxadd-service.service...
Apr 23 07:36:15 brwsvr vboxadd-service[1092]: vboxadd-service.sh: Starting VirtualBox Guest Addition service.
Apr 23 07:36:15 brwsvr vboxadd-service.sh: Starting VirtualBox Guest Addition service.
Apr 23 07:36:15 brwsvr vboxadd-service.sh: VirtualBox Guest Addition service started.
Apr 23 07:36:15 brwsvr systemd[1]: vboxadd-service.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Apr 23 07:36:15 brwsvr systemd[1]: vboxadd-service.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Apr 23 07:36:15 brwsvr systemd[1]: Failed to start vboxadd-service.service.

In the guest vboxadd-setup.log there is a one line message:

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kernel modules and services were not reloaded

Command 'aptitude search virtualbox' showed the following. Can having the multiple copies of the Virtual Box Guest Additions be a problem?

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p   boinc-virtualbox                                   - metapackage for virtualbox-savvy projects                   
p   unity-scope-virtualbox                             - VirtualBox scope for Unity                                  
p   virtualbox                                         - x86 virtualization solution - base binaries                 
p   virtualbox-dkms                                    - x86 virtualization solution - kernel module sources for dkms
p   virtualbox-ext-pack                                - extra capabilities for VirtualBox, downloader.              
p   virtualbox-guest-additions-iso                     - guest additions iso image for VirtualBox                    
v   virtualbox-guest-modules                           -                                                             
i   virtualbox-guest-utils                             - x86 virtualization solution - non-X11 guest utilities       
p   virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe                         - x86 virtualization solution - non-X11 guest utilities       
i   virtualbox-guest-x11                               - x86 virtualization solution - X11 guest utilities           
p   virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe                           - x86 virtualization solution - X11 guest utilities           
v   virtualbox-modules                                 -                                                             
p   virtualbox-qt                                      - x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user interface       
p   virtualbox-source                                  - x86 virtualization solution - kernel module source