I feel I've invested enough time in this now to warrant a forum question post about it.
VirtualBox 3.2.12
Host OS is Windows 7 64-bit.
Guest OS is CentOS 5.5 running standard/default X/GNOME (brand new OS image).
Guest Additions are installed (witnessed, rebooted, and now running X/GNOME in 1024x768).
"Shared Clipboard" in the VM settings is bi-directional.
I cannot for the life of me get any copy/cut/paste working between the host and guest.
I have read the main VBox FAQ and the End User Guide.
The only thing I found that looked like it might be a solution was the mention of VBoxClient --clipboard
When I run that (as either root or jblaine, which I am using GNOME as), it immediately returns with no message.
If I 'strace -f' the process, it shows:
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open("/dev/vboxuser", O_RDWR) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
fstat(1, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0666, st_rdev=makedev(1, 3), ...}) = 0
ioctl(1, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, 0x7fffdd276ac0) = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl for device)
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x2b7c4e295000
write(1, "Failed to connect to the Virtual"..., 51) = 51
exit_group(1) = ?