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I'm running a Linux host (Hardy) and Lucid (KDE as the window manager) as a guest with VBox 3.2. I seem to have the following problem after I've installed the Guest Additions:

Working:
- Audio works,
- ACPI works for shutdown via the VMs menu,
- video drivers seem to have been set to allow 1024x768 resolution instead of 800x600

Not working:
- Guest won't release the mouse without hitting the Host Key
- Desktop Auto-resize doesn't work

With an XP Guest, and other older Ubuntu Linux guests, mouse integration is seamless, and it works. I noticed that in Windows, there is a tray icon for the guest additions, but I don't notice one in Lucid.

Something I'm missing?

Try this:
create (if it does not exist) /etc/X11/xorg.conf with the following in it Also look at the machine tab and make sure that auto resize is turned on.

The AutoResize option isn't available. Greyed out.

Added your config to the a new xorg.conf (Did not exist, but a "Failsafe" one does) and rebooted, again to no avail.

I'm writing to you from within the mentioned XP Guest, and I'm swapping between host and this guest without an issue.

Edit: In addition, COPY/PASTE from VM (XP) to VM (Lucid) doesn't seem to be working either.

It seems that the guest additions didn't install properly.

What does:
lsmod |grep ^vbo
give as result? Mine is (numbers will probably differ)
vboxvideo 1228 1
vboxsf 33051 1
vboxguest 150339 7 vboxsf


If that was ok ,what does
ps axwwo command|grep -i vbo

give as output? It should be:
/usr/sbin/VBoxService
/usr/bin/VBoxClient --clipboard
/usr/bin/VBoxClient --display
/usr/bin/VBoxClient --seamless

look in /var/log/vboxadd-install.log and /var/log/vboxadd-install-x11.log
see if you can spot any errors there and or post those files here

The first log file you mentioned stated that gcc wasn't installed. With a simple apt-get install gcc as root, restart of the machine, I seem to be better off now.

Thanks.