I have recently tried VirtualBox on Windows7 host configuring a
Ubuntu9.10 guest. It's all OK as far as no guest addition is set up;
the bad news comes up at the first reboot after guest addition is
installed: a black screen prompting user id comes up and disappears at
a frequency of 2 times per second. No way to respond with uid/psw
since the input char for password is uncertain (you never know if it
was picked up or not so the login always fails). VirtualBox version I
tried are 3.1.0 and 3.1.2. I tried the same installation on Windows Vista
succesfully instead.
guest addition disrupts loggin-in Ubuntu guest on win7 host
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vinloren
- Posts: 2
- Joined: 2. Jan 2010, 12:58
- Primary OS: MS Windows 7
- VBox Version: OSE other
- Guest OSses: ubuntu9.10
Re: guest addition disrupts loggin-in Ubuntu guest on win7 host
Eventually I understood the reason why after installed guest additions Ubuntu could not complete the booting correctly..
The correct procedure to safely install the guest additions demands the following:
1) shutdown Ubuntu
2) shutdown VirtualBox
3) reboot Windows7
What I did initially was just to shutdown Ubuntu then reboot it: the result was to not being able to come up with a working Ubuntu installation anymore. If the correct procedure is undertaken then everything works fine (:D).
The correct procedure to safely install the guest additions demands the following:
1) shutdown Ubuntu
2) shutdown VirtualBox
3) reboot Windows7
What I did initially was just to shutdown Ubuntu then reboot it: the result was to not being able to come up with a working Ubuntu installation anymore. If the correct procedure is undertaken then everything works fine (:D).