Can't Install VirtualBox Guest Additions

[TroyMW]

When I try to install guest addition I get a message saying that my version of X server is not recognized. My host system is a Dell Inspiron13 laptop, host OS is Ubuntu 9.04, guest OS is Ubuntu 9.04. Any suggestions?

[stefan.becker]

Read the Howto in the Linux Guest Area.

[Perryg]

http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=15512

[TroyMW]

perryg, thank you for the link. I edited the install.sh file per sasquach's instructions and now it is working and I believe it should

[jcoles]

Read the Howto in the Linux Guest Area.

The Host machine is Hardy Heron. The guest is Lenny. The Guest Additions require kernel 2.6.27. Lenny is a brand new release and is only at 2.6.26. Is there an earlier version of Guest Additions we can download?

[Perryg]

Could you post a screen shot of the error showing that?
My Lenny is working fine with the version 2.2.2 and GA

[jcoles]

The problem was that the command

apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic

failed because it couldn't find linux-headers-generic. My headers are linux-headers-2.6-686. I loaded the headers using Synaptic Package Manager without realizing that the build-essential package had also been skipped.

The Guest Additions appear to have installed now.